Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies ISBN:0307888770 Author:Macintyre, Ben Publisher:Broadway Paperbacks Release Date:2012 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:New Sku: 2342952 Notes: Second printing. An exceptional copy. 2012 Trade Paperback. 399 pp. On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military achievement, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, tricked the Nazis into believing that the Allied attacks would come in Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most sophisticated and successful deception operation ever carried out, ensuring Allied victory at the most pivotal moment in the war. This epic event has never before been told from the perspective of the key individuals in the Double Cross system, until now. These include its director (a brilliant, urbane intelligence officer), a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers (as well as their counterparts in Nazi intelligence), and the five spies who formed Double Cross’s nucleus: a dashing Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter-pilot, a bisexual Peruvian party girl, a deeply eccentric Spaniard, and a volatile Frenchwoman. Together they made up one of the oddest and most brilliant military units ever assembled. With the same depth of research, eye for the absurd, and masterful storytelling that have made Ben Macintyre an international bestseller, Double Cross is a captivating narrative of the spies who wove a web so intricate it ensnared Hitler’s army and carried thousands of D-Day troops across the Channel in safety. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: Double Cross : the True Story of the D-Day Spies
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
Topic: Military Science, Military / World War II, Military / Strategy, Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage, Modern / 20th Century
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2013
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, True Crime, History
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Ben Macintyre
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
