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Nazis on the Potomac - The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation That Helped Win World War II
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Now a green, open space enjoyed by residents, Fort Hunt, Virginia
– about 15 miles south of Washington, DC. – was the site of one
of the highest-level, clandestine operations during World War II.
Shortly after entering World War II, the U.S. military realised
that it had to work on exploiting any advantages it might gain on
the Axis Powers. One part of these endeavours was to establish a
secret facility not too close, but also not too far from the
Pentagon, which would interrogate and eavesdrop on the
highest-level Nazi prisoners and also translate and analyse
captured German war documents. The complex established at Fort Hunt
was known by the code name: PO Box 1142. The American servicemen
who interrogated German prisoners or translated captured German
documents were young, bright, hardworking, and absolutely dedicated
to their work. Many of them were Jews, who had escaped Nazi Germany
as children – some had come to America with their parents, others
had escaped alone, but their experiences and those they had been
forced to leave behind meant they all had personal motivation to do
whatever they could to defeat Nazi Germany. They were perfect for
the difficult and complex job at hand. They never used corporal
punishment in interrogations of German soldiers but developed and
deployed dozens of tricks to gain information. The Allies won the
war against Hitler for a host of reasons, discussed in hundreds of
volumes. This is the first book to describe the intelligence
operations at PO Box 1142 and their part in that success. It will
never be known how many American lives were spared, or whether the
war ended sooner with the programs at Fort Hunt, but they doubtless
did make a difference. Moreover these programs gave the young
Jewish men stationed there the chance to combat the evil that had
befallen their families.
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Imprint: |
Casemate Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Robert K Sutton
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-63624-377-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-63624-377-0 |
Barcode: |
9781636243771 |
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