| International Standard Book Number |
9781335016423
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| International Standard Book Number |
1335016422
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
940.5412439
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| Personal Name |
Bell, Jason (Professor of philosophy) author.
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| Title Statement |
Operation Sparrow : the incredible true story of the spies who tricked Hitler and won the war / Jason Bell.
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| Imprint |
Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
x, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"As D-Day looms, three crack commandos parachute into enemy territory on a high-stakes mission of lies and deception. To succeed -- and to save D-Day -- they'll need to get arrested by the Nazis. By March 1944, World War II had raged for four and a half years. Tens of millions were already dead. Adolf Hitler knew an Allied invasion was coming and planned to crush it--if only he knew where it would land. If the f©ohrer's forces were in the right place, the Nazis could stop D-Day and continue their murderous control of Europe. But the Allies had a plan. Operation Sparrow called for an elite three-man commando team to drop behind enemy lines, walk into German hands and craft a web of lies strong enough to sway Hitler. The mission seemed impossible: survive Nazi interrogation while making D-Day lies sound true. The three men would risk everything to convince the f©ohrer the invasion would strike the Balkans, two thousand kilometres away from Normandy. It was either genius or suicidal. Probably both. Operation Sparrow is the never-before-told story of one of the most daring and successful missions of World War II -- a razor's-edge campaign that diverted millions of Axis troops from Normandy's beaches through cunning, espionage and audacity"-- Publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Spies United States Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Secret service United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Commando operations Europe.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Deception Europe.
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