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Over 70 behind-the-scenes tales of bribery, sabotage, and other clandestine operations from the Second World WarThe chronicles of World War II are filled with exotic tales of espionage, mysterious kidnappings, and bizarre subplots. Now, in the vivid, fast-paced tradition of Unexplained Mysteries of World War II, popular military historian Breuer has collected this exciting treasury of little-known events, including the Boston Red Sox catcher recruited to spy in Japan, the strange and influential ""weather wars"" of Greenland, Hitler's secret buzzbomb, and many more. All of the fascinating information was gleaned from official archives, interviews, declassified military reports, newspapers, magazines, and other sources.William B. Breuer (Cleveland, TN) is the author of twenty-six military history books, including The Great Raid on Cabanatuan, Feuding Allies, and MacArthur's Undercover War (all from Wiley). Ten of his books have been main selections of the Military Book Club.

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Author:   William B. Breuer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.574kg
ISBN:  

9780471318620

ISBN 10:   0471318620
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 March 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

A GATHERING TEMPEST. Black-Bag Jobs and Madam X. Hitler's Crony a U.S. Secret Agent. Me No Here, No Movies! Hitler's Mystery Spy in London. Stealing a Supersecret Bombsight. Espionage Target: The Panama Canal. The Gestapo Comes to New York. Practicing Nazi Psychology in the United States. A Gentleman Farmer Flies to London. An Unsportsmanlike Murder Scheme. OUTBREAK OF WAR. Take Possession of the [British Captives] . Agent X Conspires with the Pope. The Spy Was a Clip Artist. Denmark's Patriotic Burglar. Deceit in the Desert. The Jewish Pal of the Nazis. The FBI Undercover in South America. War of Nerves against England. The Fuhrer's Concrete Crocodiles. Tuned in to the Luftwaffe. Hosting a Boy Scout Offical. We Came to Blow Up America! The Bogus Traitor of Flekkefjord. A One-Man Cloak-and Dagger Agency. CONFLICT SPREADS TO THE PACIFIC. One Briton's Revenge. Spies Inside a U.S.Embassy. The Evangelists of New York Harbor. Confrontation at a Montana Airport. Clandestine Payoffs in Mexico. Urgent: Hide the Suez Canel. A Covert Cruise in the Pacific. Four Frogmen against Two Battleships. The Superspy at Pearl Harbor. An American Turncoat in Washington. THE TURNING TIDE. The World's Richest Spymaster. The Plot to Blow Up the Pan Am Clipper. Lady Luck Flies with the Fuhrer. Rommel's Secret Informant. The Scientist Who Knew Too Much. The Dogs of Torigni. Conspiracy in Casablanca. Outfoxing the Desert Fox. Smuggling Two Men Out of Morocco. The Creeps and the Atomic Scientists. BEGINNING OF THE END. The Spy Who Refused to Die. Blowing Up a Locomotive Works. The Mystery Man of Algiers. Top Secret: Parachuting Mules. America's Fifteen Thousand Secret Snoopers. Coercing Surrender of the Italian Fleet. Deception Role for the Panjandrum. Bedeviling the Gestapo in Toulouse. An X-Craft Calls on the Tirpitz. A French Boy and His Music Teacher. An Atomic Alert on New Year's Eve. Ghost Voices Over Europe. Close Call in a Secret Room. Masking the Chicago Skyline . THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN. A U.S. Colonel's Private Airline. Kidnapping a German General. Blasting a Japanese Headquarters. Mad Dash in an Explosive-Laden Car. A Special Job for Scarface Otto . Sneaking onto Utah Beach. X2 Agents in Cherbourg. Covert Targets: Germany's Atomic Scientists. Alias Gregor and Igor. Dodging the Gestapo in the Ruhr. A Murder Job for Two Specialists . T Force Hunts for Chemical Weapons. Notes and Sources. Index.

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WILLIAM B. BREUER is the critically acclaimed author of 26 military history books, including Feuding Allies; Vendetta!: Castro and the Kennedy Brothers; Unexplained Mysteries of World War II; and Shadow Warriors: The Covert War in Korea. Ten of his books have been main selections of the Military Book Club, including The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and MacArthur's Undercover War.

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