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Double Cross in Cairo - The True Story of the Spy Who Changed the Tide of War in the Middle East (Hardcover)
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Double Cross in Cairo - The True Story of the Spy Who Changed the Tide of War in the Middle East (Hardcover)
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As part of the infamous Double Cross operation, Jewish double agent
Renato Levi proved to be one of the Allies' most devastating
weapons in World War Two. ln 1941, with the help of Ml6, Levi built
an extensive spy-ring in North Africa and the Middle East. But,
most remarkably, it was entirely fictitious. This network of
imagined informants peddled dangerously false misinformation to
Levi's unwitting German handlers. His efforts would distort any
enemy estimates of Allied battle plans for the remainder of the
war. His communications were infused with just enough truth to be
palatable, and just enough imagination to make them irresistible.
ln a vacuum of seemingly trustworthy sources, Levi's enemies not
only believed in the CHEESE network, as it was codenamed, but they
came to depend upon it. And, by the war's conclusion, he could
boast of having helped the Allies thwart Rommel in North Africa, as
well as diverting whole armies from the D-Day landing sites. He
wielded great influence and, as a double agent, he was unrivalled.
Until now, Levi's devilish deceptions and feats of derring-do have
remained completely hidden. Using recently declassified files,
Double Cross in Cairo uncovers the heroic exploits of one of the
Second World War's most closely guarded secrets.
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