Their codenames were Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo. They were not conventional warriors, but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. These double agents were, variously, brave, treacherous, fickle, greedy and inspired. Under the direction of an eccentric but brilliant intelligence officer in tartan trousers, working from a smoky lair in St James's, these spies 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. At the heart of the deception was the 'Double Cross System', a team of double agents whose bravery, treachery, greed and inspiration succeeded in convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway, not Normandy, were the targets of the 150,000-strong Allied invasion force.

But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit. A reminder that heroism can be found in the most unlikely places' Evening Standard 'I have seldom enjoyed a spy story more than this one' Max Hastings, Sunday Times _ D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it. One April morning in 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War.'Addictive and deeply moving' Independent 'Utterly gripping' Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph 'Enthralling. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit.At the heart of the deception was the 'Double Cross System.

Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.ĭ-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat, and Agent Zigzag, among other books. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. He is the author of eight previous books including Agent Zigzag, shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of. One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field.

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