The Spies Who Never Were: The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents

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Synopsis
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).
Copyright:
2006

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781497622623
Related ISBNs:
9781497638167
Publisher:
Open Road Media
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Copyrighted By:
Hervie Haufler.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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