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Hitler's man in Havana : Heinz Lüning and Nazi espionage in Latin America /
At the beginning of World War II, Heinz August Lüning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. Lüning's assignment was to collect information about the United States and its allies and report back to Abwehr, the German foreign intelligence agency. The Caribbea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | At the beginning of World War II, Heinz August Lüning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. Lüning's assignment was to collect information about the United States and its allies and report back to Abwehr, the German foreign intelligence agency. The Caribbean waters Lüning monitored were important to the Allies both for shipping and for deploying ships between the various fronts. Despite some early setbacks, Lüning provided information on naval activities to the Germans. Ultimately, however, Lüning was arrested and became the only Nazi spy executed in Latin A. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813173023 0813173027 9780813138947 0813138949 0813125014 9780813125015 |