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c2009., Soho Press Edition: eBook ed. Series Title: A Billy Boyle World War II mystery.Summary Note: Benn continues to create fascinating behind-the-scenes mysteries from little-known facets of World War II history. ... A fast-paced mix of action, adventure, and crime solving.--"Booklist.".
![Evil for evil [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT76022.JPG "Evil for evil [eBook]")
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2015., Adult, William Collins Call No: 940.5484 H358s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Packed with insight and terrific spy stories, this masterly book looks at the secret war on a global basis, bringing together the British, American, German, Russian and Japanese histories. In 'The Secret War', Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of all sides in World War II, and the impact of spies, code-breakers and partisan operations on events. Written on a global scale, the book brings together accounts from British, American, German, Russian and Japanese sources to tell the story of a secret war waged unceasingly by men and women often far from the battlefields but whose actions profoundly influenced the outcome. Returning to the Second World War for the first time since his best-selling 'All Hell Let Loose', Hastings weaves into a 'big picture' framework, the human stories of spies and intelligence officers who served their respective masters. Told through a series of snapshots of key moments, the book looks closely at Soviet espionage operations which dwarfed those of every other belligerent in scale, as well as the code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park - the greatest intelligence achievement of the conflict - with many more surprising and unfamiliar tales of treachery, deception, betrayal and incompetence by spies of Axis, Allied or indeterminate loyalty.
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2019., Adult, 834, Penguin Audio Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title Summary Note: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An incredible story of under-appreciated heroism." - USA Today, Five Books to Read This Week"A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance." - NPRThe never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of ClementineIn 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and—despite her prosthetic leg—helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. Even as her face covered wanted posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown. But she plunged back in, adamant that she had more lives to save, and led a victorious guerilla campaign, liberating swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day.Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall;an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity. A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war.
![A woman of no importance [eAudiobook] : The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II](/Library/images/~imageCT101017.JPG "A woman of no importance [eAudiobook] : The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II")