Codebreakers and Spies
Codebreakers and Spies: How British Intelligence and Special Operations Won WWII

Codebreakers and Spies: How British Intelligence and Special Operations Won WWII


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Codebreakers and Spies tells the astonishing story of how Britain's intelligence operatives, experts and special operations teams contributed to the Allies' victory in the Second World War. The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in breaking the German Enigma cipher is estimated to have cut the length of the war by around two years, saving countless lives, while the Double Cross system, in which German secret agents were 'turned' by the British to feed their Nazi agent-runners with false information, ensured the success of the D-Day landings. Codebreakers and Spies not only reveals new details about these remarkable operations but also tells the compelling story of how MI6 turned the disaster of lost networks across Europe into triumph. The stories range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving the intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and allied aircrew from of Nazi-occupied Europe. Intelligence historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts the daring and often moving lives of the heroes and heroines who risked their lives for victory.

Table of Contents:
Introduction MI6 Bletchley Park MI5 Special Operations Executive Intelligence Services of the Governments-in-Exile - Poland, Norway and Czechoslovakia Naval Intelligence Air Intelligence Intelligence in Occupied Europe SOE Operations in Occupied Europe North African Campaign Intelligence in the Middle East The Balkans Churchill's Obsession with Intelligence SOE Operations in the Middle East The Invasion of North Africa and Southern Europe Battle of the Atlantic US Intelligence - working with Bletchley, MI6 and SOE Women in the Secret War MI19 - The Interrogation of German Prisoners Double-Cross System Intelligence in the Far East D-Day Intelligence - Invention of the Modern Computer D-Day and Operation Bodyguard German Intelligence and How it Failed MI6 Preparations for the Cold War.

About the Author :
Michael Smith is a former intelligence officer, award-winning journalist, and an expert on all aspects of British secret war. He was defence correspondent for the Sunday Times for seven years, and has written many books including the bestseller Station X and The Spying Game. He is known for obtaining and publishing the Downing Street Memos, for which he was awarded a British Press Award in 2006. Smith is currently Bletchley Park Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780233006024
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Welbeck
  • Height: 252 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How British Intelligence and Special Operations Won WWII
  • Width: 220 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0233006028
  • Publisher Date: 08 Aug 2019
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 780 gr


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