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

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Yet another well researched and written book. I did not realize this was the last in a trilogy (Agent Zig Zag & Operation Mincemeat being the other two), which would explain that there were many familiar names of high-ranking officials from both sides of the conflict being mentioned throughout all three books.

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James Patterson is an American author and producer. He is a global composer of fiction for all ages. He is married with one child.Ben MacIntyre (2012), Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4088-1990-6 , retrieved 2012-04-16 Ben Macintyre writes this historical series of events with humour and drama for Double Cross was a magnificent and ingeniously stage managed inspiration by Tar Robertson and others in MI5 and M16 that could so easily have gone horribly wrong. That none for the many double agents and others who knew about the deception betrayed them to the Germans was remarkable. But even the most cursory reader of Macintyre's account has to be chilled by the stupidity of it all. A counter-argument could be made that the agents themselves were the greatest threat to D-Day. With total air, naval and code-breaking superiority by the summer of 1944, the allies had effectively sealed Britain off. Left to their own devices, the Germans had no idea what was going on and were obliged to spread ever thinner forces across dozens of possible invasion locations from Norway to the Pyrenees. I am amazed at the levels of deception detailed in the book by the Brits and how they recruited people to become double agents, and am sure the same thing was happening with the Germans and their recruiting of double agents as well.

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I am a big fan of the mighty Ben Macintyre, so it was only a matter of time before I'd read Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies. A few months ago, I decided to accept my pandemic attention span as it is, and not feel guilty about what I choose to read--embarking on a schedule of, mostly, rereading. Double Cross was a new book but it's by a familiar author on a familiar theme so it worked out anyway. Crowdy, Terry (20 December 2011). Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-135-9. Masterman, John C (1972) [1945]. The Double-Cross System in the War of 1939 to 1945. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-7081-0459-0. The book was adapted into a film starring Morgan Freeman in 2001. The role of main character Alex Cross was also taken up, played by Tyler Perry in the 2012 film titled Alex Cross. The adaptation of the Middle School novel by Patterson for middle grade students came out in theaters in 2016.a b Witt, Carolinda (November 2017). Double Agent Celery. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781526716149. pp. 181-186 There were lots of pieces of info regarding the two Kennedy murders that are very intriguing. The book states as fact that the Outfit, in conjunction with the CIA, were responsible for both murders. The facts presented are compelling, but anyone who has real proof has not yet provided it. You decide what you think. Needless to say it is up to the high standards that we Ben Macintyre fans have come to expect. Once again, truth is stranger than fiction. It's a compelling read and another remarkable slice of previously untold WW2 history. MI5 חבורת מרגלים כפולים הזויים לחלוטין שרכשו את ליבם של הגרמנים ותרמו למאמץ המלחמתי. גלריית הדמויות נעה בין נער שעשועים סרבי שהקדיש את עיתותיו לנשים ובזבוזים שרדפו את סוכנות הביון הבריטית עוד זמן רב לאחר תום המלחמה, פטריוט לאומן פולני שהפך למרגל כפול, משולש ומרובע, נערת שעשועים מהמרת משועממת, מגדל תרנגולות ספרדי ורוסיה צרפתייה שאיימה על כל מערך הבגידה הכפול בשל כלבה שנדרס (או לא - לא ברור מה קרה איתו). ועם כל אלה ניצחנו את המלחמה. What made it easier is the fact that JFK made enemies in the upper echelons of the CIA, who collaborated with the mob in the assassinations.