WWII Codebreakers and Spies: How British Intelligence & Special Operations Changed the Course of History

by Michael Smith

Overview

The Bletchley Park codebreakers who solved the Enigma Cipher and the Double Cross system that "turned" German secret agents helped cut the war by years and ensured the success of D-Day. Historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts new details about these operations, with stories that range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and aircrew.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780233006024
Publisher:	Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
Publication date:	05/12/2020
Series:	Y
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.