D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, 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 - the Bletchley Park code-breakers,
MI5, MI6, SOE, Scientific Intelligence, the FBI and the French
Resistance. But at its heart was the 'Double Cross System', a team
of double agents controlled by the secret Twenty Committee, so
named because twenty in Roman numerals forms a double cross. The
key D-Day spies were just five in number, and one of the oddest
military units ever assembled: a bisexual Peruvian playgirl, a tiny
Polish fighter pilot, a Serbian seducer, a wildly imaginative
Spaniard with a diploma in chicken farming, and a hysterical
Frenchwoman whose obsessive love for her pet dog very nearly
wrecked the entire deception. Their enterprise was saved from
catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is here
revealed for the first time. Under the direction of an eccentric
but brilliant intelligence officer in tartan trousers, working from
a smoky lair in St James's, these spies would weave a web of
deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army and helped to
carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety. These
double agents were, variously, brave, treacherous, fickle, greedy
and inspired. They were not conventional warriors, but their
masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. Their codenames were
Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. This is their story.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(4)
