double cross

Addictive and very touching

Independent
"Very engaging" Antony Beevor, Daily Telegraph
"Captivating... reminds us that heroism can be found in the most unexpected places." Evening Standard
"I have rarely enjoyed a spy story more." Max Hastings, Sunday Times
_____________________
D-Day, June 6, 1944, was the turning point of World War II, a military victory. But it was also a victory of a different kind of operation: a deception operation...

At the heart of the deception was the “Double Cross System,” a team of double agents whose courage, treachery, greed, and inspiration succeeded in convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway, not Normandy, was the target of the 150,000-strong Allied invasion force. Supervised by an eccentric but brilliant intelligence officer in plaid trousers, and operating from a smoky bunker in St. James’s, these spies wove a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler’s army and helped ferry thousands of soldiers safely across the English Channel. These double agents were, in various ways, courageous, treacherous, fickle, greedy, and inspiring. They were not conventional warriors, but their brilliant deception saved countless lives. Their code names were: Bronx, Brutus, Trigger, Tricycle, and Garbo. This is their story.