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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview:#1 In 1943, José Antonio Rey María was a fish spotter for the fishermen of Punta Umbria, Spain. He saw a body floating in the water, and when he rowed closer, he realized it was a man. He brought the body ashore and none of the other fishermen wanted to touch it.
#2 The British Secret Service had created a man from nothing in a basement room beneath the Admiralty building...
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"Operation Mincemeat: The Ingenious Deception that Changed History" is a captivating account of one of World War II's most remarkable and successful espionage operations. This book delves deep into the intricacies of the British intelligence plan that significantly influenced the war's outcome, particularly in the Mediterranean theater.The narrative unfolds how British intelligence officers conceived and executed a plan of deception so audacious it...
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Major Ronnie Reed was case officer for the infamous Agent Zigzag and the face behind Operation Mincemeat. But how did this young BBC radio operator, with no money and qualifications to speak of, reach such an important position in his twenties? Why did Agent Zigzag (Eddie Chapman) give Ronnie his Iron Cross, awarded to Zigzag by Hitler himself? And how, within 10 years following World War II, did Ronnie find himself heading the anti-Russian department...
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It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead...
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