Ebook {Epub PDF} Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre

 · In his new book Double Cross, Ben MacIntyre recounts the story of the huge deception staged by the Allies before D-Day to hide the invasion target from the www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins.  · Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is revealed here for the first www.doorway.ru the same depth of /5(55).  · In Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, Macintyre relates the untold story of the extraordinary band of agents and double agents who convinced the Nazis that the , Allied troops who landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day were just one part of a larger invasion plan with others to follow at Calais and Norway/5.

In this book Ben Macintyre tells the story of the five spies who formed Double Cross's nucleus. They were, to say the least, a colorful group. This is the third book I have read by Ben Macintyre and like the other two I have read is excellent. One thing I especially appreciate is that Macintyre gives short biographies of these spies following WWII. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies. On June 6, , , Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military accomplishment, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Double Cross: The True Story of the d-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

Their enterprise was saved from catastrophe by a shadowy sixth spy whose heroic sacrifice is revealed here for the first www.doorway.ru the same depth of research, eye for the absurd and masterful. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies. On June 6, , , Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military accomplishment, 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. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre – review An entertaining story of double agents – but is the genre exhausted? Elvira Chaudoir (codename ’Bronx’) with MI5.