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The True Story of The D-Day Spies
Ben Macintyre: Double Cross

In ​Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, 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… (tovább)

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 2012

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Broadway, New York, 2013
400 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 9780307888778
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Bloomsbury, London, 2012
450 oldal · ASIN: B00746TVHG

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Timár_Krisztina I>!
Ben Macintyre: Double Cross

Ben Macintyre: Double Cross The True Story of The D-Day Spies

No, ezt a kalandregényt tényleg az élet írta. Lelkiismeretes levéltári kutatások alapján készült kémtörténet. James Bond, mehetsz is a süllyesztőbe, ezek itten hatan hatszor leköröznek.

Ezek: egy szerb playboy meg a dán sikkasztó haverja (aki nem tudom, miért maradt ki a fülszövegből), egy lengyel önjelölt nemzeti hős, egy francia kutyás hölgy, egy biszexuális perui playgirl (vagy hogy nevezzem) meg egy spanyol csirketenyésztő, különböző szuperképességekkel… ja, nem.

Csak a stílusuk különbözik, egyébként 1 db szuperképességről van itt szó mindegyik esetben, amely ezennel előrelép az általam nagyra értékelt szuperképességek között, és háttérbe szorítja mind a repülést, mind pedig a nagy zöld szörnnyé való változást.

Részletes értékelés a blogon:
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Bloomsbury, London, 2012
450 oldal · ASIN: B00746TVHG

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[…] once installed in MI5, Tar revealed a natural talent for hanging around in pubs and picking up gossip. He was 'immensely personable and monstrously good looking,' according to one colleague, 'with a charm that could melt an iceberg' and an 'unmistakable twinkle' that encouraged the spilling of confidences. Beneath the affability and 'delightful chuckle' was a personality of granite determination, and a ruthless streak. Hugh Trevor-Roper considered his Secret Service colleagues 'by and large pretty stupid – some of them very stupid.' But Tar he regarded as a 'real genius,' with an uncanny knack for reading character and knowing, instinctively, when he was being misled. Robertson knew better than anyone in British intelligence how to spot a lie, and therefore how to tell one.

Ben Macintyre: Double Cross The True Story of The D-Day Spies

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Timár_Krisztina I>!

It was she who first argued that the double agents should be used, not just to deceive individual spymasters, but to influence German thinking. […] Gisela suggested that they paint a misleading picture of Britain itself, by exaggerating anti-Jewish feeling, domestic fascism and industrial unrest […]

Ben Macintyre: Double Cross The True Story of The D-Day Spies

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But it was the German hunger for information about Allied invasion plans that set Tar thinking. Von Karsthoff wanted raw military intelligence, as much as possible, and urgently. […] it suggested that with careful planning, the Germans might be guided into drawing, not their own conclusions, but the conclusions the Double Cross team wanted them to draw.

Ben Macintyre: Double Cross The True Story of The D-Day Spies


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