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Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre (Hardcover, 2012)
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D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit, aimed at convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway, not Normandy, were the targets of the 150,000-strong invasion force. The deception involved every branch of Allied wartime intelligence - the Bletchley Park code-breakers, MI5, MI6, SOE, Scientific Intelligence, the FBI and the French Resistance. But at its heart was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents controlled by the secret Twenty Committee, so named because twenty in Roman numerals forms a double cross. The key D-Day spies were just five in number, and one of the oddest military units ever assembled: a bisexual Peruvian playgirl, a tiny Polish fighter pilot, a Serbian seducer, a wildly imaginative Spaniard with a diploma in chicken farming, and a hysterical Frenchwoman whose obsessive love for her pet dog very nearly wrecked the entire deception. Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is here revealed for the first time. Under the direction of an eccentric but brilliant intelligence officer in tartan trousers, working from a smoky lair in St James's, these spies would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army and helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety. These double agents were, variously, brave, treacherous, fickle, greedy and inspired. They were not conventional warriors, but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. Their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. This is their story.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781408819906
eBay Product ID (ePID)112334474
Product Key Features
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDouble Cross: the True Story of the D-Day Spies
Publication Year2012
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorBen Macintyre
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight625 g
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorBen Macintyre
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- 22 Jan, 2019
should be read by those interested in ww2 and anyone interested in a very good read
superb author, superb bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 Mar, 2017
DOUBLE CROSS The D-DAY Spies
Informative & enthralling account of the brave agents who, though ostensibly working for Nazi Germany,were actually recruited by MI5. They managed to deceive the Germans regarding when & where the Allied landings would take place in June 1944,thereby saving many casualties!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Jul, 2019
Gripping book.
An amazing story, beautifully written by a great author.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 Oct, 2018
Compelling factual accounts
This book was bought for my father who has found it compelling . It is a factual account rather than fictional and as such throws light on a fascinating period of our history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 May, 2021
Definitely worth reading
Very interesting book, a side of WW2 I knew little aboutVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Nov, 2024
History at its exciting best.
Fantastic and astonishingly parts of our history that not everyone knows that helped the Allies to ultimately win the war.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Oct, 2023
Intrigue at its best
Compelling readingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
