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In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War I, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but 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, deceived the Nazis into believing that the Allies would attack at Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most sophisticated and successful deception operation ever carried out, ensuring Allied victory at the most pivotal point in the war. This epic event has never before been told from the perspective of the key individuals in the Double Cross system, until now. These include its director (a brilliant, urbane intelligence officer), a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers (as well as their counterparts in Nazi intelligence), and the five spies who formed Double Cross's nucleus: a dashing Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter-pilot, a bisexual Peruvian party girl, a deeply eccentric Spaniard, and a volatile Read More chevron_rightIt takes about 8 Hours and 33 minutes on average for a reader to read Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies. This is based on the average reading speed of 250 Words per minute.
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies is 416 pages long.
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies won the following awards:
in 2012 Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies won the Agatha Awards in category .
in 2013 Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies won the Edgar Allan Poe Awards in category .
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