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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Double Cross The True Story of the DDay Spies
Author: Ben Macintyre
D-Day, 6 June 1944, 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, but at its heart was a team of five ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781408830628
ISBN-10: 1408830620
Publication Date: 8/30/2012
Pages: 417
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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The story of the spies that the British either turned or recruited to send the Germans false leads has been told in other books, but never as completely. These agents helped lead the Germans down many false roads, but they were especially essential in concealing the actual spot for the invasion of Europe and keeping the Germans occupied awaiting another invasion which never took place.

I learned new information to add to my knowledge of the "secret war" that took place in WW II. I especially liked the British plan to discredit the German messenger pigeons (yes, pigeons) by infiltrating British messenger pigeons into German pigeon coops. What lengths we'll go to to win a war. :-)

This one's a keeper on my shelves.


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