Double cross the true story of the D-day spies

Recounts the story of the six double agents--Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo--who would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army and helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety on 6 June 1944, D-Day.

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Main Author: Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:Recounts the story of the six double agents--Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo--who would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army and helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety on 6 June 1944, D-Day.
Physical Description:[xiii], 399 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.
ISBN:9780307888754 (hbk.)
0307888754 (hbk.)
9780307888761 (ebk.)
0307888762 (ebk.)
Author Notes:Ben Macintyre is writer-at-large and associate editor of the Times of London. He is the author of several books including Agent Zigzag, The Man Who Would Be King, The Englishman's Daughter, The Napoleon of Crime, Forgotten Fatherland, A Spy among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, and The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

(Bowker Author Biography)