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050	0	0	_aD810.S8 _bM237 2012
082	1		_aLARP 640.5421 MAC _2
100	1		_aMacintyre, Ben, 1963-
245	1	0	_aDouble cross : _bthe true story of the D-day spies _c/ Ben Macintyre
260			_aNew York _b: Random House Large Print _c, c2012.
300			_a572 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aIn Double Cross , Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it. 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, deceived the Nazis into believing that the Allies would attack at Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most sophisticated and successful deception operation ever carried out, ensuring Allied victory at the most pivotal point in the war. This epic event has never before been told from the perspective of the key individuals in the Double Cross system, until now. 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, and a volatile Frenchwoman. 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. 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _x-Secret service
650		4	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _x-Campaigns _z-France _z-Normandy
650		4	_aWorld War _y-1939-1945 _x-Military intelligence
650		4	_aWorld War, 1939 - 1945 _x-Deception
650		4	_aDeception (Military science) _x-History _y-20th century
650		4	_aEspionage _z-Europe _x-History _y-20th century
650		4	_aSpies _z-Europe _v--Biography
655		4	_aLarge type books
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