The walls have ears : the greatest intelligence operation of World War II /

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A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets. At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: G...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fry, Helen, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence > Great Britain.
Espionage, British > History > 20th century.
Electronic surveillance > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Service secret > Grande-Bretagne.
Espionnage britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Surveillance électronique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Electronic surveillance.
Espionage, British.
Military intelligence.
Secret service.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : decades of silence
  • 1. The Tower of London
  • 2. M Room operations
  • 3. Trent Park
  • 4. Prized prisoners, idle chatter
  • 5. The spider
  • 6. Battle of the generals
  • 7. Mad Hatter's tea party
  • 8. Secret listeners
  • 9. Rocket science
  • 10. "Our guests"
  • 11. Saga of the generals
  • 12. War crimes and the Holocaust
  • 13. Breaking the German will to resist
  • 14. British intelligence, POWs and war crimes trials
  • 15. Always listening
  • Epilogue : secrets to the grave.

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