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Codebreakers and Spies tells the astonishing story of how Britain's intelligence operatives, experts and special operations teams contributed to the Allies' victory in the Second World War. The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in breaking the German Enigma cipher is estimated to have cut the length of the war by around two years, saving countless lives, while the Double Cross system, in which German secret agents were 'turned' by the British to feed their Nazi agent-runners with false information, ensured the success of the D-Day landings.

Codebreakers and Spies not only reveals new details about these remarkable operations but also tells the compelling story of how MI6 turned the disaster of lost networks across Europe into triumph. The stories range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving the intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and allied aircrew from of Nazi-occupied Europe. Intelligence historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts the daring and often moving lives of the heroes and heroines who risked their lives for victory.

Codebreakers and Spies: How British Intelligence and Special Operations Won WWII

Introduction * MI6 * Bletchley Park * MI5 * Special Operations Executive * Intelligence Services of the Governments-in-Exile - Poland, Norway and Czechoslovakia * Naval Intelligence * Air Intelligence * Intelligence in Occupied Europe * SOE Operations in Occupied Europe * North African Campaign * Intelligence in the Middle East * The Balkans * Churchill's Obsession with Intelligence * SOE Operations in the Middle East * The Invasion of North Africa and Southern Europe * Battle of the Atlantic * US Intelligence - working with Bletchley, MI6 and SOE * Women in the Secret War * MI19 - The Interrogation of German Prisoners * Double-Cross System * Intelligence in the Far East * D-Day Intelligence - Invention of the Modern Computer * D-Day and Operation Bodyguard * German Intelligence and How it Failed * MI6 Preparations for the Cold War.