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Chargement... The Spies Who Never Were: The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents (édition 2014)par Hervie Haufler
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Informative and entertaining read. Covered the better known “double-dealers” and more than a few of the lesser known (who often contributed more). I’ll re-read it when in the mood for another well done WWII history.👌 Excellent narration what brave men and women!! And if you served YOU ARE ONE! Thank you. ( ) Incredible. Amazing. According to the research by author Hervie Haufler, ALL of the supposed Nazi spies in England during WWII were actually double agents. This book gives short descriptions of the lives of some of the most important of these agents--every one of which would make a fantastic movie. The background and activities of the double agents are the focus of the book. The author gives details about how carefully the communications from the double agents were coordinated in order to provide the Nazis with tantalizing pieces of info that they would assemble into a "big picture" of the strength of the Allied forces. With the barrage of misinformation, along with the use of inflatable tanks, plywood planes, etc., they were able to convince Hitler of the existence of entire "notional" (i.e., fictional) armies poised to strike north Africa, Norway, Pas de Calais in France, and so forth. Then it describes how, under the guidance of British intelligence, they mounted an elaborate scheme to convince Hitler that the attack on Normandy was going to be only a minor feint. The author himself is a hale and hearty 80-something who was one of the few U.S. servicemen to work with the code-breakers at England's famous Bletchley Park. This is one of the first books he's ever written, I believe, so his style is somewhat awkward. However, the subject matter more than makes up for it. Highly recommended. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The thrilling true story of the daring double agents who thwarted Hitler's spy machine in Britain and turned the tide of World War II. After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the Abwehr, Germany's defense and intelligence organization, to carry out Operation Lena--a program to place information-gathering spies within Britain. Quickly, a network of secret agents spread within the United Kingdom and across the British Empire. A master of disguises, a professional safecracker, a scrubwoman, a diplomat's daughter--they all reported news of the Allied defenses and strategies back to their German spymasters. One Yugoslav playboy codenamed "Tricycle" infiltrated the highest echelon of British society and is said to have been one of Ian Fleming's models for James Bond. The stunning truth, though, was that every last one of these German spies had been captured and turned by the British. As double agents, they sent a canny mix of truth and misinformation back to Hitler, all carefully controlled by the Allies. As one British report put it: "By means of the double agent system, we actually ran and controlled the German espionage system in this country." In The Spies Who Never Were, World War II veteran cryptographer Hervie Haufler reveals the real stories of these double agents and their deceptions. This "fascinating account" lays out both the worldwide machinations and the personal clashes that went into the greatest deception in the history of warfare (Booklist). Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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