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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 - but at its heart was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents controlled by the secret Twenty Committee. These double agents were, variously, brave, treacherous, fickle, greedy, and inspired. They were not conventional warriors, but their masterpiece of deceit, never before fully revealed, saved countless lives. Their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. This is their story.
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Deception (Military science), Deception, Spies, Campaigns, Secret service, Espionage, World War, 1939-1945, Military intelligence, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, secret service, World war, 1939-1945, military intelligence, Deception (military science), World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france, normandy, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2012-08-19, New York Times bestseller, Strategy, Military, HISTORY, World War II, Modern, Large type books, Military campaigns, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-06-09, New York Times reviewed, World historyPlaces
Europe, 1939-1945 World War, Normandy, FranceTimes
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Double cross: the true story of the D-Day spies
2013, Clipper Large Print
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Double cross: the true story of the D-day spies
2012, Random House Large Print
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Double cross: the true story of the D-day spies
2012, Crown
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Double cross: the true story of the D-Day spies
2012, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Bloomsbury UK
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-404) and index.
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On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, tricked the Nazis into believing that the Allies would attack at Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. The story of D-Day has been told from the point of view of the soldiers who fought in it, the tacticians who planned it, and the generals who led it. But this epic event in world history has never before been told from the perspectives of the key individuals in the Double Cross System. These include its director, a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers, and the five spies who formed Double Cross's nucleus. 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. Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is revealed here for the first time. Double Cross is a captivating narrative of the spies who wove a web so intricate it ensnared Hitler's army and carried thousands of D-Day troops across the Channel in safety.
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