Bodyguard of Lies

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"The most important work on World War II in a quarter of a century, a triumph of revelation and presentation"
—Charles B. MacDonald Author of A Time for Trumpets
Bodyguard ofL'ies is the monumental account of the most | intricate intelligence operation In the history of war— Plan Bodyguard, by which the Allies kept D-Day secret | from Hitler.
With victory in World War II riding on D-Day, the Inva- j slon's success rested on the element of surprise. How could the greatest number of men and machines in military history be concealed as they assembled in England? Hitler was certain that the Allies would try to return to Europe, and It seemed impossible that he would not be | able to discover when and where they would attack.
How the Allies performed this miracle of deception | — employing a myriad of machinations that Included; cryptanalysis, double agents, political warfare, counter- ^ espionage, strategy, and stratagem —makes for an^ astonishing narrative. With this... Tovább

Fülszöveg

FPT $17.95
"The most important work on World War II in a quarter of a century, a triumph of revelation and presentation"
—Charles B. MacDonald Author of A Time for Trumpets
Bodyguard ofL'ies is the monumental account of the most | intricate intelligence operation In the history of war— Plan Bodyguard, by which the Allies kept D-Day secret | from Hitler.
With victory in World War II riding on D-Day, the Inva- j slon's success rested on the element of surprise. How could the greatest number of men and machines in military history be concealed as they assembled in England? Hitler was certain that the Allies would try to return to Europe, and It seemed impossible that he would not be | able to discover when and where they would attack.
How the Allies performed this miracle of deception | — employing a myriad of machinations that Included; cryptanalysis, double agents, political warfare, counter- ^ espionage, strategy, and stratagem —makes for an^ astonishing narrative. With this book, Anthony Cave Brown gives a riveting testimony to Winston Churchill's ^ famous remark: "In wartime, truth Is so precious that she !. should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." J
Anthony Cave Brown Is the author of the acclaimed biographies of OSS founder William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan and Sir Stewart Graham Menzies. He was a British foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail (London) in Europe and the Near East, and was a contributor to The Guardian and the Sydney I\/lorning Herald from Southeast Asia. He first became Interested In the subject of deception through his father's wartime experiences as a creator of deceptive cartography. Vissza