The elaborate Allied schemes to keep Spain and Portugal out of WWII'featuring the real-life spy work of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Historian Mark Simmons reveals the various Allied operations designed to keep the Iberian Peninsula out of WWII. It is a tale of widespread…
"Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the Battle of Midway until the last German code was broken in January 1945, this is an astonishing epic of a war that was won not simply by brute strength but also by reading the enemy's intentions…
"Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the Battle of Midway until the last German code was broken in January 1945, this is an astonishing epic of a war that was won not simply by brute strength but also by reading the enemy's intentions…
"Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They trav…
1918-1936: overtures to war -- 1933-1939: the other Germany -- 1933-1941: a reluctant ally, reluctant generals -- 1939-1941: fluid neutralities -- 1941-1942: responding to Hitler -- 1943: a watershed -- 1944: The crucible -- 1944: ideologies, antagonisms, profits -- 1944-1945: a…
"Alliance of enemies tells the history of the secret World War II relationship between Nazi Germany's espionage service, the Abwehr, and the American OSS, predecessor of the CIA. The actors in this great, as-yet-untold story were often at odds with their respective governments.…
