This title 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. This book 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.
ISBN: | 9780233006024 |
Publication date: | 8th August 2019 |
Author: | Michael Smith |
Publisher: | Welbeck an imprint of Headline Publishing Group |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 160 pages |
Genres: |
Second World War Espionage and secret services |