Bodyguard of Lies, Volume 10Harper & Row, 1975 - 947 pages Examines Allied intelligence and counter-intelligence operations during World War II, describing the cipher machine used to break German codes and the tactics, ruses, and deception employed to ensure the successful invasion of Normandy. |
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Abwehr Admiralty Africa Afrika Korps agents aircraft Alamein Allied American army assault Atlantic Wall attack Balkans battle Bazna Beck began Berlin Bevan bomb bomber Britain British campaign Canaris Canaris's captured Channel Chiefs of Staff Churchill cipher Colonel conspirators convoys D-Day deception declared defeat defenses Dericourt destroyed Dieppe diplomatic divisions Eisenhower enemy England Enigma Eppler Europe Field Marshal fighters forces France French Fuehrer German German General Staff Gestapo guns headquarters Heydrich high command Himmler Hitler intelligence service invasion Italian knew Kriegsmarine land later London Luftwaffe major Mediterranean Menzies military mission Mueller naval Nazi Neptune night North officer operations Oster panzer Pas de Calais political raid revealed Rommel Roosevelt Russian Schellenberg Schwarze Kapelle secret intelligence service sent SHAEF ships signal Stalin Starkey stratagem strategy tanks Third Reich tion troops U-boat Ultra warfare warned Wehrmacht XX-Committee