A man called Intrepid. The secret war 1939-1945

Dettagli prodotto :

• EDITORE: Sphere Books Ltd
• AUTORE: William Stevenson
• ANNO DI PUBBLICAZIONE: 1977

Pagine 511 - con 12 pagine di fotografie in bianco e nero fuori testo.
In INGLESE.
Copertina morbida.
Libro in buone condizioni.

A Man Called Intrepid tells for the first time the full story of British Security Co-Ordination, the international Allied intelligence agency of World War Two whose work has been a closely guarded secret for the past thirty years. Here are top-level inside accounts of crucial wartime undercover operations including:
- The breaking of the German Enigma code
- The assassination of Heydrich
- The race for the atomic bomb
- Surveillance and sabotage of Nazi V1 and V2 rocket sites
- The raids on the French coast that made the Normandy landings possible
-Anglo-American co-operation in the sinking of the Bismarck
- The organization of resistance movements throughout Europe
- The intelligence stratagems that delayed the Nazi invasion of Russia
Written with full access to all the British Security Co-Ordination papers and with the full co-operation of BSC’s director, the man code - named Intrepid, William Stevenson’s internationally bestselling book is a uniquely important piece of modern secret history. It is also tremendously exciting to read.