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Churchill's Wizards
The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945
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More devious than Enigma, more cunning than James Bond, these are true stories of how the British elevated the art of deception and disguise against the Nazis.
Churchill's Wizards: The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945 by Nicholas Rankin is the true story of how Winston Churchill and the British elevated the art of deception and disguise against the Nazis.
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The story of how the British really won two world wars - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler, and bluffing their way out of trouble.
Pretend German radio stations broadcast outrageous British propaganda in Germany. British geniuses broke German secret codes and eavesdropped on their messages. Every German spy in Britain was captured, and many were used to send back false information to their controllers. Forged documents misled their Intelligence.
Bogus wireless traffic from entire phantom armies, dummy airfields with model planes, disguised ships, and inflatable rubber tanks created a vital illusion of strength. Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that was so essential to the success of D-Day in 1944, Churchill's Wizards is a thrilling work of popular military history.
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ISBN: 9780571221967
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 125.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 522g
Pages: 688
About the Author
Nicholas Rankin spent 20 years broadcasting for BBC World Service where he was Chief Producer and won two UN awards. His first book for Faber, Dead Man's Chest, followed in Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps from Scotland to Samoa and was much enjoyed by Graham Greene. His second, Telegram from Guernica, was a widely-praised biography of the ground-breaking war-correspondent and front-line propagandist George Lowther Steer.
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