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Double Cross

Ben Macintyre
Double Cross Book PDF

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : Signal
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771000935

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Double Cross by Ben Macintyre Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor, A Spy Among Friends, and Rogue Heroes, a fascinating work of popular history that vividly recreates the vast web of deception spun by spies in order to conceal D-Day. On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military achievement, 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 Allied attacks would come in 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 moment in the war. This epic event has never before been told from the perspective of the key individuals in the Double Cross system, who together made up one of the oddest and most brilliant military units ever assembled. Until now.

The Double-Cross System

John Masterman
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Author : John Masterman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781448190324

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The Double-Cross System by John Masterman Pdf

J.C. Masterman was chairman of the Double-Cross Committee at the height of World War Two. This is his account of the double agents, deception and counter-espionage which were key to the victory of D-Day. Written as an official report for MI5 in 1945, originally published with the permission of the British Government over twenty years later, The Double-Cross System details the Allied handling of enemy agents and the British infiltration of Nazi spy-rings. Telling the stories of the agents codenamed Zigzag, Tricycle, Garbo and Snow, Masterman also tells the story of a triumphant operation in the Second World War’s intelligence effort.

Double-Cross System

J. C. Masterman
Double Cross System Book PDF

Author : J. C. Masterman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762777136

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Double-Cross System by J. C. Masterman Pdf

The classic account of how British intelligence penetrated and practically operated Nazi Germany’s spy network within the British Isles With great imagination, care, and precise coordination, the British were able to identify Nazi agents, induce many to defect, and supply completely false information to Germany about bombings, battles, and even the D-Day invasion. Told by the man who masterminded the entire, unbelievable four-and-a-half-year scheme, and filled with extraordinary stories and dazzling tidbits, The Double-Cross System is a testimony to Britain’s skill in the fine art of counterespionage.

The Mediterranean Double-Cross System, 1941-1945

Brett Lintott
The Mediterranean Double Cross System 1941 1945 Book PDF

Author : Brett Lintott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351840422

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The Mediterranean Double-Cross System, 1941-1945 by Brett Lintott Pdf

This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean "Double-Cross System" of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primarily by British officers which turned captured German spies into double agents. Through a complex system of coordination, they were utilized from 1941 to the end of the war in 1945 to secure Allied territory through security and counter-intelligence operations, and also to deceive the German military by passing false information about Allied military planning and operations. The primary questions addressed by the book are: how did the double-cross-system come into existence; what effects did it have on the intelligence war and the broader military conflict; and why did it have those effects? The book contains chapters assessing how the system came into being and how it was organized, and also chapters which analyze its performance in security and counter-intelligence operations, and in deception.

Fighting to Lose

John Bryden
Fighting to Lose Book PDF

Author : John Bryden
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459719606

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Fighting to Lose by John Bryden Pdf

Newly released FBI and MI5 documents provide a fresh interpretation of key events during World War II, showing how German military intelligence, which was secretly opposed to the Nazis, aided the Allies.

Agent Garbo

Stephan Talty
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Author : Stephan Talty
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547614816

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Agent Garbo by Stephan Talty Pdf

Describes the life of Juan Pujol, a poultry farmer who opposed the Nazis and concocted a series of staggering lies that lead to his becoming one of Germany's most valued spies, while actually acting as a double-agent for the Allies.

Cargo of Lies

Dean Beeby
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Author : Dean Beeby
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442655188

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Cargo of Lies by Dean Beeby Pdf

On a chilly autumn night in 1942, a German spy was rowed ashore from a U-boat off the Gaspé coast to begin a deadly espionage mission against the Allies. Thanks to an alert hotel-keeper's son, Abwehr agent `Bobbi' was captured and forced by the RCMP to become Canada's first double-agent. For nearly fifty years the full story of the spy case, code-named Watchdog, was suppressed. Now, author Dean Beeby has uncovered nearly five thousand pages of formerly classified government documents, obtained through the Access to Information Act from the RCMP, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Department of Justice, the National Archives of Canada, and Naval Intelligence. He has supplemented this treasure trove with research among still heavily censored FBI files, and interviews with surviving participants in the Watchdog story. Although British records of the case remain closed, Beeby also interviewed the MI5 case officer for Watchdog, the late Cyril Mills. The operation was Canada's first major foray into international espionage, predating the Gouzenko defection by three years. Watchdog, as Beeby reveals, was not the Allied success the RCMP has long claimed. Agent `Bobbi' gradually ensnared his captors with a finely spun web of lies, transforming himself into a triple-agent who fed useful information back to Hamburg. Beeby argues that Canadian authorities were woefully unprepared for the subtleties of wartime counter-espionage, and that their mishandling of the case had long-term consequences that affected relations with their intelligence partners throughout the Cold War.

The Spy in the Tower

Giselle K. Jakobs
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Author : Giselle K. Jakobs
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750991711

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The Spy in the Tower by Giselle K. Jakobs Pdf

A family man who ran afoul of the Nazis, Josef Jakobs was ill-prepared for an espionage mission to England. Captured by the Home Guard after breaking his ankle, Josef was interrogated at Camp 020, before being prosecuted under the Treachery Act 1940 and executed on 15 August 1941. An open and shut case? MI5's files suggest otherwise. Faced with the threat of a German invasion in 1940/41, MI5 used promises and threats to break enemy agents, extract intelligence and turn some into double agents, challenging the validity of the 'voluntary' confessions used to prosecute captured spies. But, more than that – was Josef set up to fail? Was he a sacrifice to test the double-cross system? The Spy in the Tower tells the untold story of one of Nazi Germany's failed agents, and calls into question the legitimacy of Britain's wartime espionage trials and the success of its double-cross system.

Snow

Madoc Roberts
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Author : Madoc Roberts
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849542548

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Snow by Madoc Roberts Pdf

SNOW is the codename assigned to Arthur Owens, one of the most remarkable British spies of the Second World War. This 'typical Welsh underfed type' became the first of the great double-cross agents who were to play a major part in Britain's victory over the Germans. When the stakes could not have been higher, MI5 sought to build a double-cross system based on the shifting loyalties of a duplicitous, philandering and vain anti-hero who was boastful and brave, reckless and calculating, ruthless and mercenary...but patriotic. Or was he? Based on recently declassified files and meticulous research, Snow reveals for the first time the truth about an extraordinary man.

Double Cross

James Patterson
Double Cross Book PDF

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316026107

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Double Cross by James Patterson Pdf

Just when Alex Cross's life is calming down, he is drawn back into the game to confront a criminal mastermind like no other. The elaborate murders that have stunned Washington, DC, are the wildest that Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. This maniac adores an audience, and stages his killings as spectacles in public settings. Alex is pursuing a genius of terror who has the whole city on edge as it waits for his next move. And the killer loves the attention, no doubt-he even sets up his own Web site and live video feed to trumpet his madness. And in Colorado, another criminal mastermind is planning a triumphant return. From his supermaximum-security prison cell, Kyle Craig has plotted for years to have one chance at an impossible escape. If he has to join forces with DC's Audience Killer to get back at the man who put him in that cell--Alex Cross--all the better. From the author Time magazine has called "the man who can't miss," Double Cross has the pulse-racing momentum and electrifying thrills that have made James Patterson a #1 bestselling storyteller all over the world.

Agent Tate

Tommy Jonason,Simon Olsson
Agent Tate Book PDF

Author : Tommy Jonason,Simon Olsson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445609362

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Agent Tate by Tommy Jonason,Simon Olsson Pdf

The wartime career of British double-cross agent TATE, who makes agent ZIGZAG look like a bit of a wuss

The Guy Liddell Diaries, Volume I: 1939-1942

Nigel West
The Guy Liddell Diaries Volume I 1939 1942 Book PDF

Author : Nigel West
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134263455

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The Guy Liddell Diaries, Volume I: 1939-1942 by Nigel West Pdf

This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations. 'No intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth century history needs it too.' M.R.D. Foot, The Spectator 'Regarded by historians as the most important military intelligence documents from the whole of the Second World War.' Irish Independent '[A] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second World War. Its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of Nigel West who, apart from decoding several obscure references to the secret war, persuaded the Security Service to break their rule of maintaining an agent's anonymity.' BBC History Magazine WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Service's most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was considered so highly classified that it was retained in the safe of successive Directors General, and special permission was required to read it. No other member of the Security Service is known to have maintained a diary and the twelve volumes of this journal represent a unique record of the events and personalities of the period, a veritable tour d'horizon of the entire subject. As Director, B Division, Liddell supervised all the major pre-war and wartime espionage investigations, maintained a watch on suspected pro-Nazis and laid the foundations of the famous 'double cross system' of enemy double agents. He was unquestionably one of the most reclusive and remarkable men of his generation, and a legend within his own organization.

Double Agent Snow

James Hayward
Double Agent Snow Book PDF

Author : James Hayward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857208576

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Double Agent Snow by James Hayward Pdf

On the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War the double-agent Arthur Owens, codenamed SNOW, is summoned to Berlin and appointed Hitler's chief spy in Britain. Days later he finds himself in Wandsworth prison, betrayed by the wife he traded for a younger model, and forced to transmit false wireless messages for MI5 to earn his freedom - and avoid the hangman's noose. A vain and devious anti-hero with no moral compass, Owen's motives were status, money and women.He mixed fact with fiction constantly, and at times insisted that he was a true patriot, undertaking hazardous secret missions for his mother country; at other times, Owens saw himself as a daring rogue agent, outwitting British Intelligence and loyal only to the Fatherland. Yet in 1944, as Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, Hitler was caught unawares, tricked into expecting the invasion across the Pas de Calais in a strategic deception played out by Owens and the double-cross agents of MI5. For all his flaws, Agent Snow became the traitor who saved his country.Based on recently de-classified MI5 files and previously unpublished sources, Double Agent Snowis the story of a secret Battle of Britain, fought by Snow and his opposing spymasters, Thomas 'Tar' Robertson of MI5 and Nikolaus Ritter of the Abwehr, as well as the tragic love triangle between Owens, his wife Irene, and his mistress Lily Funnell. The evocative, fast-paced narrative moves from seedy south London pubs to North Sea trawlers, from chic Baltic spa resorts to Dartmoor gaol, populated by a colourful rogue's gallery of double-cross agents.

The Double-cross System, 1939-1945

John Cecil Masterman
The Double cross System 1939 1945 Book PDF

Author : John Cecil Masterman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Espionage
ISBN : 071266193X

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The Double-cross System, 1939-1945 by John Cecil Masterman Pdf

THE DOUBLE-CROSS SYSTEM is not the only document to describe double agents and deception. It is simply the best. Masterman gives us a world of stratagems, inhabited by characters like SNOW, ZIZAG and TRICYCLE. They were known only by these cover names and in them they lived and operated, Nuance became all. Even the methods of communication between the agent and the enemy, whether by wireless, by secret writing, or by personal contact in neutral countries, required empathy on the part of the case officers and planners. The details of a man's wireless style, for example, the warning signals, the very rhythm of the key in sending messages must be mastered so that if the agent should die or for one reason or another be removed, a substitution could be made but not recognised. 'A game played with dynamite in which those who couldn't play were executed. . . . . Should on no account be missed by anyone who enjoys a good thriller. ' Anthony Price, OXFORD MAIL.

The Doublecross

Jackson Pearce
The Doublecross Book PDF

Author : Jackson Pearce
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781619634152

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The Doublecross by Jackson Pearce Pdf

Everyone in twelve-year-old Hale's family is a spy, going way back. They've all worked for the Sub Rosa Society, an elite organization that's so top secret that new agents aren't recruited; they're born. His parents may be the ultimate spy team at SRS, but Hale isn't your typical stealthy spy-he is, as his mother puts it, "big-boned,?? and as some of his classmates put it, "fat.?? Still, he's convinced he will someday be a great field agent. After all, it's his legacy. But when both his mother and father go missing on a secret mission-likely captured by the SRS's number one enemy-it's Hale's time to step up and (with a little help from his acrobat-cheerleader little sister) save the day. With a hilarious and charismatic cast of characters, popular teen author Jackson Pearce makes a very non-stealthy mission into the middle-grade arena.