The true story of two teenagers who, growing up in Poland in the 1930s, faced an unimaginable future. One was the daughter of a count, the other the son of a policeman. Unexpectedly thrust into the mayhem of Hitler’s brutal invasion of Poland in 1939, quickly followed by a Russian invasion two weeks later, they faced the challenges before them with a determination to drive out the enemy. Their memoirs describe in their own words the difficulties they endured and how the war ultimately brought them together. This joint memoir encompasses the work of the Polish underground, formation of the Parasol Battalion, the Warsaw Insurrection, concentration camps, prisoner of war camps, class differences in Poland, escape on the SS Alderpool, the training of Poles in Scotland at Largo House and Monkey Grove, organization of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade by General Sosabowski, Polish life in pre-war Poland and life for Poles after World War II.