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Der spanische Thriller Bodyguard of Lies erzählt die erstaunliche und inspirierende Geschichte des Hühnerbauern Juan Pujol. Bewaffnet mit nichts außer seinem Verstand und dem Glauben an sich ...
Bodyguard of Lies is a 1975 non-fiction book on Allied military deception operations during the World War II written by Anthony Cave Brown. His first major historical work, it derives its name from a wartime quote of Winston Churchill , and offers a narrative account of aspects of both the Allied and German intelligence operations during the war.
- Anthony Cave Brown
- 1975
Bodyguard of lies. Guilford, Conn. : The Lyons Press. On June 6, 1944-D-Day-six thousand Allied ships, the largest fleet in history, arrived off the French coast to begin the liberation of Europe. To their enormous relief, the Allies had obtained complete tactical surprise; the Nazi eagle slept. D-Day, which could have been one of history's ...
1. Jan. 1975 · Bodyguard of Lies is a massive brick of a book focusing on the deadly game of deceit and espionage between British and German intelligence agencies around the D-Day Landings. While Fortitude North, the well-known creation of a fake army under the command of General Patton to pin Nazi reserves as Pas de Calais during the invasion of Normandy, is the climax of the book, Brown covers everything ...
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- Anthony Cave Brown
1. Jan. 1975 · Publisher : Harper & Row; First Edition (January 1, 1975) Language : English. Hardcover : 947 pages. ISBN-10 : 0060105518. ISBN-13 : 978-0060105518. Item Weight : 3.28 pounds. Best Sellers Rank: #547,323 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books) #4,803 in World War II History (Books) Customer Reviews:
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How this astonishing surprise was achieved is the subject of Bodyguard of Lies, one of the most exciting volumes ever written about the Second World War. Anthony Cave Brown presents a large and fascinating cast of heroes and rogues and sweeps through dozens of dramatic stories of plot and counterplot, stealth and treachery, lies and deceits. We learn the full story behind Churchills agonizing ...
- Anthony Brown
1. Okt. 2002 · Telling the most complete story of the biggest and most complicated intelligence operation in the history of war, Bodyguard of Lies presents a large and fascinating cast of heroes and rogues and sweeps through dozens of dramatic stories of plot and counterplot, stealth and treachery, lies and deceits. It provides the full story behind Churchill's agonizing decision not to warn the city of ...
- Anthony Cave Brown
