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Double cross [electronic resource] : the true story of the D-day spies / Ben Macintyre. |
| Authors: | Macintyre, Ben, 1963- |
| Call number: | DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK |
| Publisher: | New York : Crown, c2012. |
| Publication date: | c2012. |
| Subject: |
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. Downloadable e-books. |
| Go to: | E-Book |
| Title: | Double cross [electronic resource] : the true story of the D-day spies / Ben Macintyre. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource ([xiii], 399 p.) : ill., maps. |
| Contents note: | 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. |
| Notes: | Description based on print version record. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
| Available in other form: | Macintyre, Ben, 1963- Double cross. 1st ed. |
| ISBN: | 9780307888761 (electronic bk.) 0307888762 (electronic bk.) |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1409258 |
| Bib No.: | 1409258 |
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