In Latvian mythology, Austras Koks ("tree of the east" or "tree of the dawn") was a tree that grew from the start of Saules' (the sun's) daily journey across the sky. It is usually considered an oak.
... let Hardy go. He was accused of collaboration after the war but was acquitted.
Operation Overlord was approaching. In the fall of 1943 COSSAC begun to direct SOE ...