Codeword Overlord
Axis Espionage and the D-Day Landings
$64.77
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2019
Summary
The Allied invasion of Europe during the summer of 1944 was widely expected and it fell to the Axis intelligence services to provide High Command with advance warning of the precise date and place of the landings. Using cryptanalysis of Allied signals, undercover agents and ships, and photographic evidence, Axis intelligence was pitted directly against their Allied counterparts, who actively tried to create a decoy and aim their enemies at the wrong location. The success of Operation Overlor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750989930 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0750989939 |
| Author: | Nigel West |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 698g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
‘His information is so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. West’s sources are undoubtedly excellent. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories.’
* The Sunday Times *About The Author
Nigel West
NIGEL WEST has written numerous books on security and intelligence topics and was voted ‘The Experts’ Expert’ by The Observer. He is the recipient of the US Association of Former Intelligence Officers’ first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award and has spent many years at the Counterintelligence Centre in Washington DC. His highly acclaimed works include Double Cross in Cairo: MI5 in the Great War, Operation GARBO: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Spy of World War II, Churchill’s Spy Files and Spycraft Secrets (2017).
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