Military History April 2024

 

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1. A long petal of the sea: a novel

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Author:
Allende, Isabel
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3.9 stars
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"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage...

2. Operation Mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory

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Author:
Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
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4.3 stars
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Chronicles World War II's pivotal deception by two British naval officers who successfully fed false intelligence to the Nazis about where Allied forces were planning an attack in southern Europe.

3. The princess spy: the true story of World War II spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones

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Author:
Loftis, Larry
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3.8 stars
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Chronicles the extraordinary life of OSS spy Aline Griffith, who performed deep-cover intelligence missions during and after World War II throughout the upper echelons of European politics and society.