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Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War

Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War


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For fans of World War II history and spycraft, this is the extraordinary true story of three American soldiers who parachuted into Hungary, deep in Axis territory, and fed game-changing false D-Day intelligence to the Nazis who captured them.

March 16, 1944: former New York Giants starter Col. Florimond Duke, Capt. Guy Nunn, and Maj. Alfred Suarez embarked on the most dangerous mission of their military careers, Operation: SPARROW, a covert mission that would have them parachuting deep into Europe to negotiate Hungary's surrender to the Allies. As secret agents the men faced more danger than regular soldiers as combatants engaged in espionage are not granted prisoner-of-war status, allowing them to be treated as criminals; knowing full well the risks, the men are committed to serving their country and ending the war. Unfortunately, within three days they're imprisoned as Hitler sends in thousands of German forces.

Unbeknownst to their captors, the Sparrows' commanders have planned for this express outcome. While they're being shuttled back and forth between different custodians and countries, vehemently denying being spies and desperately holding on to the military uniforms that protect them under the Geneva convention, the agents execute their second underlying mission: in the fact of increasingly harrowing interrogation they take every opportunity to sow disinformation. In particular they claim that the Allies are planning an attack in the Balkans, miles away from the intended target of Normandy. They won't realize the full implications their false intel will have on D-Day until after the war.

While they never accomplished all of their goals, Duke, Nunn, and Suarez waged their own war of deception, returning home from Europe as uncontested champions. Of the tens of millions of men who fought in WW2, these are the only three whose mission directly involved being captured and interrogated by the Nazis. Now, for the first time, historian Jason Bell brings this untold story to life!

About the Author :
Jason Bell, PhD, is an American academic who received his doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He has served as a Fulbright Professor in Germany, and has taught at several universities in the United States, and in Belgium and Canada. He was the first scholar granted exclusive access to Winthrop Bell's classified espionage papers (the subject of Cracking the Nazi Code). He is a professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick.

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Praise for Operation Sparrow

"If you thought you knew everything about D-Day, think again. Operation Sparrow may have been critical to D-Day's success and a decisive factor in the Allies' victory. Jason Bell's extensive research has delivered another winner in this, his latest untold story." --Peter Mansbridge

"Operation Sparrow is a lively tale of deception and daring, detailing the hidden operation that helped make D-Day successful. Jason Bell skillfully takes us on an engrossing journey through this critical time." --Gregory A. Freeman, author of The Forgotten 500 and The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys

"Historians will debate the significance of Operation Sparrow to the complex deception that ensured success of the D-Day landings. But no one will ever claim that Operation Sparrow is not a cracking good read, well researched and marvellously well written. It is the stuff of movies." --Marc Milner, author of Second Front and founder of the Gregg Centre

Praise for Cracking the Nazi Code

"In Cracking the Nazi Code, Bell offers a deeply researched, intriguing portrait of Winthrop. It is a remarkable story. The author, who spent 15 years on his research, argues that his subject was a super-spy who 'led the fight' against the Nazis, both in their early days and on the eve of World War II." --The Wall Street Journal

"Exceptionally well-written, clear and engaging. Readers will be fascinated by the information that was, until now, unknown to the public. They will be captivated by Bell's prose; his descriptions of fighting, landscapes, and historical figures carry the reader into the story." --Jewish Book Council

"The investigative work the author has done has produced a biography suited to the best of the current-day spy novels. Well-written and interesting and deserves to be devoured." --New York Journal of Books


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781335016423
  • Publisher: Hanover Square Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Hanover Square Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 553 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1335016422
  • Publisher Date: 29 Sep 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Incredible True Story of the Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War
  • Width: 156 mm


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