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Double Cross

Ben Macintyre ·2012 ·416 pages ·★ 4.5WarBooks rating
Popular History Accessible Mixed
🇬🇧 British

The D-Day spies: how every German agent in Britain was turned, and an imaginary army aimed at Calais.

Why Read This Book

The deception that made Normandy possible, told through its bizarre cast — a Polish patriot, a Peruvian socialite, a Spaniard who invented 27 fake sub-agents.

Events Covered

1944 D-Day / Normandy Landings Normandy, France

Where to Buy

Amazon — All Formats ♫ Audible — Free with Trial First Editions — AbeBooks

ISBN: 978-0307888754

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