Codebreakers and Spies
How British Intelligence and Special Operations Won WWII
$39.99
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
8 August 2019
Summary
Codebreakers and Spies tells the astonishing story of how Britain’s intelligence operatives, experts and special operations teams contributed to the Allies’ victory in the Second World War. The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in breaking the German Enigma cipher is estimated to have cut the length of the war by around two years, saving countless lives, while the Double Cross system, in which German secret agents were ‘turned’ by the British to feed their Nazi agent-runners wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780233006024 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0233006028 |
| Author: | Michael Smith |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Welbeck |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 8 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 780g |
| Dimensions: | 252mm x 220mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Y |
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About The Author
Michael Smith
Michael Smith is a former intelligence officer, award-winning journalist, and an expert on all aspects of British secret war. He was defence correspondent for the Sunday Times for seven years, and has written many books including the bestseller Station X and The Spying Game. He is known for obtaining and publishing the Downing Street Memos, for which he was awarded a British Press Award in 2006. Smith is currently Bletchley Park Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford.
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