Codeword Overlord: Axis Espionage and the D-day Landings by West, Nigel - 2019

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The History Press, 2019. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.14 x 1.3 x 9.21 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices [3], bibliography, index, glossary, and photos. 352 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. It was inevitable that the Allies would invade France in the summer of 1944: the Nazis just had to figure out where and when. This job fell to the Abwehr and several other German intelligence services, and between them they put over 30,000 personnel to work studying British and American signals traffic, and achieved considerable success in intercepting and decrypting enemy messages. They also sent agents to England - but they weren't to know that none of these agents would be successful. Anxious to mislead the Axis, the Allies' security agencies sought to protect their D-Day secrets, but feared being overwhelmed by a sudden influx of spies routed through Spain and tasked to breach Operation OVERLORD. Until now,… Read More

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Hardback. New. A vital reassessment of Axis intelligence released for the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, using newly declassified documents and reports

The History Press. New in New dust jacket. 2019. Hardcover. New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; The role of German intelligence operations. ; 352 pages .

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Stroud: The History Press, 2009. The Allied invasion of Europe during summer 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 Overlord has played a large part in historians usually disparaging the German army as incompetent and corrupt. However, recently declassified documents suggest a different story. Spies on the ground, codebreakers from across the Axis, and photo intelligence: theirs was a sophisticated, integrated intelligence system that was supremely conscious of the Allies’s counter-intelligence schemes. For the first time, acclaimed intelligence author Nigel West provides the full, true story of Axis… Read More

History Pr Ltd, 2019. Hardcover. New. 352 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches.