Military History April 2024

 

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1. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

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Author:
Rose, Sarah
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2.5 stars
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain’s elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II
“Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery)—and all of it true.”—Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and Dead...

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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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.