Double cross: the true story of the D-day spies
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"The story of D-Day has been told from many points of view, but never before from the perspectives of the key individuals in the Double Cross system. 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 with a diploma in chicken farming, and a volatile Frenchwoman whose obsessive love for her pet dog very nearly wrecked the entire plan. The D-Day spies were, without question, one of the oddest military units ever assembled, and their success depended on the delicate, dubious relationship between spy and spymaster, both German and British. Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is revealed here for the first time."--Publisher description.
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Campaigns
Deception
Deception (Military science)
Deception (Military science) -- History -- 20th century
Espionage
Espionage -- Europe -- History -- 20th Century
History
History, Modern -- 1945-1989
History / Military / Strategy
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Large type books
Military
Military intelligence
Nonfiction
Normandy
Secret service
Spies
Spies -- Europe -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Deception
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
Deception
Deception (Military science)
Deception (Military science) -- History -- 20th century
Espionage
Espionage -- Europe -- History -- 20th Century
History
History, Modern -- 1945-1989
History / Military / Strategy
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Large type books
Military
Military intelligence
Nonfiction
Normandy
Secret service
Spies
Spies -- Europe -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Deception
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
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9780307888754
9780307888778
9780307990464
9780307990686
9780307888761
9780307888778
9780307990464
9780307990686
9780307888761
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subject_facet | Deception (Military science) -- History -- 20th century, Espionage -- Europe -- History -- 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / World War II, History / Military / Strategy, History, Modern -- 1945-1989, Large type books, Spies -- Europe -- Biography, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Deception, World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence, World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service |
title_display | Double cross : the true story of the D-day spies |
title_full | Double Cross The True Story of the D-Day Spies, Double cross : the true story of the D-day spies / Ben Macintyre, Double cross [text (large print)] : the true story of the D-day spies / Ben Macintyre |
title_short | Double cross : |
title_sub | the true story of the D-day spies |
topic_facet | Campaigns, Deception, Deception (Military science), Espionage, History, Large type books, Military, Military intelligence, Nonfiction, Normandy, Secret service, Spies, World War, 1939-1945 |