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Operation Fortitude: The True Story of the Key Spy Operation of WWII That Saved D-Day by Joshua Levine (Paperback, 2011)
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Operation Fortitude was the ingenious web of deception spun by the Allies to mislead the Nazis as to how and where the D-Day landings were to be mounted. 'One of the most creative intelligence operations of all time' - Kim Philby The story of how this web was woven is one of intrigue, personal drama, ground-breaking techniques, internal resistance, and good fortune. It is a tale of double agents, black radio broadcasts, phantom armies, 'Ultra' decrypts, and dummy parachute drops. These diverse tactics were intended to come together to create a single narrative so compelling that it would convince Adolf Hitler of its authenticity. Operation Fortitude was intended to create the false impression that the Normandy landings were merely a feint to disguise a massive forthcoming invasion by this American force in the Pas de Calais. In other words, the success of D-Day - the beginning of the end of the Second World War - was made possible by the efforts of men and women who were not present on the Normandy beaches. Men such as Juan Pujol, a Spanish double-agent (code-name GARBO) who sent hundreds of wireless messages from London to Madrid in the build-up to D-Day relaying supposed intelligence from his fictitious spy network. This allowed the enemy to conclude that the number of Allied divisions preparing to invade was twice the actual number. Men such as R.V Jones, the head of British Scientific Intelligence, who masterminded the dropping of tinfoil confetti from the bomb-bay doors of Lancaster bombers, creating a false impression that a flotilla of Allied ships was heading in the opposite direction to the genuine invasion fleet. Using first hand sources from a wide range of archives, government documents, letters and memos Operation Fortitude builds a picture of what wartime Britain was like, as well as the immense pressure these men and women were working under and insure D-Day succeeded.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007433230
eBay Product ID (ePID)102619265
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Book TitleOperation Fortitude: the True Story of the Key Spy Operation of Wwii That Saved D-Day
AuthorJoshua Levine
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicGovernment, History
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width135mm
Item Weight354g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJoshua Levine
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 17 Jan, 2018
Excellent Book Brilliantly Researched Operation Fortitude
What an Excellent Book on Operation Fortitude. Totally Compelling and everything is totally true. How do I know its ALL TRUE is my own Father was in The Royal Engineers and he was told by an office to go with a driver and take a "BAILEY BRIDGE" for a ride. Years later he told me that he left Kent, travelled through all the Big Towns on the way to Edinburgh. Peope were so delighted that most landlords offered them FREE PINTS OF BEER and housewives kissed the men and men through in packets of "WOODBINES" cigarettes to share with all the men. Over Newcastle a Nazi Heinkel III flew low over this big parade of Bailey Bridges, Boats all carrying armed soldiers taking photos of everything!!! What all these British Soldiers never were told that they were part of Operation Fortitude North that was very succesful in preventing 18 Divisions of Hitler's Best troops guarding norway for the whole war. If Hitler had been a brilliant commanders he would have commoitted all these 18 Divisions well over 200,000 men into the true battle - The Liberation of Normandy!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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