Format:
Ebook, Electronic Resources, Book
Title:
Double cross [electronic resource] : the true story of the D-day spies / Ben Macintyre.
Author:
Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Call Number:
eBook
Web Site:
Web Link Available online.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Crown, c2012.
Description:
1 online resource ([xiii], 399 p.) : ill., maps.
Summary:
Recounts the story of the six double agents--Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo--who 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 on 6 June 1944, D-Day.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Deception.
Deception (Military science) -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Spies -- Europe -- Biography.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Contents:
Raw recruits -- A bit of an enigma -- Roman and the cat -- Coat tailing -- The club -- Garbo takes the stage -- Popov goes shopping -- The great game -- The flock -- True agent, false agent, double agent -- Cockade -- Discovered treasure -- The walk-in -- A time for fortitude -- Enriching the chicken feed -- Artist paints a picture -- Monty's double -- The double dash -- Jebsen's new friend -- "Am I not always careful?" -- Operation Dora -- Guest of the Gestapo -- Bronx gets toothache -- Garbo's warning -- Second innings.
ISBN:
9780307888761 (electronic bk.)
0307888762 (electronic bk.)
* 9780307888754
* 0307888754