Undercover Tales of World War II

by William B. Breuer

• ISBN13: 9780471318620
• ISBN10: 0471318620
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer "A first-class historian." --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta! "A wealth of insights."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Unexplained Mysteries of World War II "Anyone interested in twists of fate should find this book fascinating." --Library Journal Feuding Allies "A valuable resource . highly recommended."--Booklist * A bloc of hard-core American Nazis carries out elaborate plans to sabotage war efforts and keep the United States neutral. * A wily Japanese "tailor" single-handedly steals the secrets to the United States Gray Code. * A French boy and his "blind" music teacher penetrate, in broad daylight, the German forbidden zone at Port-en-Bessein. Just beneath the surface of the legendary events of World War II lurks a vast, shadowy, high-stakes realm of espionage and intelligence, where the most successful operations are the ones we've never heard about . until now. With his trademark blend of dynamic storytelling and meticulous detail, William Breuer reveals seventy clandestine operations that affected the course of the war. Vivid and fast-paced, this far-reaching treasury of vanishing spies, mysterious kidnappings, and bizarre subplots is a unique and riveting addition to the World War II literature.

Author Biography

<B>WILLIAM B. BREUER</B> is the critically acclaimed author of 26 military history books, including Feuding Allies; Vendetta!: Castro and the Kennedy Brothers; Unexplained Mysteries of World War II; and Shadow Warriors: The Covert War in Korea. Ten of his books have been main selections of the Military Book Club, including The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and MacArthur's Undercover War.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	xi
Part One -- A Gathering Tempest	3	(30)
Black-Bag Jobs and Madam X	3	(2)
Hitler's Crony a U.S. Secret Agent	5	(2)
"Me No Here, No Movies!"	7	(2)
Hitler's "Mystery Spy" in London	9	(4)
Stealing a Supersecret Bombsight	13	(4)
Espionage Target: The Panama Canal	17	(4)
The Gestapo Comes to New York	21	(3)
Practicing "Nazi Psychology" in the United States	24	(1)
A Gentleman Farmer Flies to London	25	(5)
An "Unsportsmanlike" Murder Scheme	30	(3)
Part Two -- Outbreak of War	33	(46)
"Take Possession of the [British Captives]"	33	(3)
Agent X Conspires with the Pope	36	(5)
The Spy Was a Clip Artist	41	(1)
Denmark's Patriotic Burglar	42	(2)
Deceit in the Desert	44	(2)
The Jewish Pal of the Nazis	46	(3)
The FBI Undercover in South America	49	(4)
"War of Nerves" against England	53	(4)
The Fuhrer's Concrete Crocodiles	57	(1)
Tuned in to the Luftwaffe	57	(3)
Hosting a Boy Scout Official	60	(1)
"We Came to Blow Up America!"	61	(4)
The Bogus Traitor of Flekkefjord	65	(5)
A One-Man Cloak-and-Dagger Agency	70	(9)
Part Three -- Conflict Spreads to the Pacific	79	(30)
One Briton's Revenge	79	(1)
Spies inside a U.S. Embassy	80	(2)
The "Evangelists" of New York Harbor	82	(3)
Confrontation at a Montana Airport	85	(3)
Clandestine Payoffs in Mexico	88	(1)
Urgent: Hide the Suez Canal	89	(4)
A Covert Cruise in the Pacific	93	(3)
Four Frogmen against Two Battleships	96	(4)
The Superspy at Pearl Harbor	100	(6)
An American Turncoat in Washington	106	(3)
Part Four -- The Turning Tide	109	(34)
The World's Richest Spymaster	109	(3)
The Plot to Blow Up the Pan Am Clipper	112	(2)
Lady Luck Flies with the Fuhrer	114	(3)
Rommel's Secret Informant	117	(3)
The Scientist Who Knew Too Much	120	(4)
The Dogs of Torigni	124	(2)
Conspiracy in Casablanca	126	(3)
Outfoxing the Desert Fox	129	(5)
Smuggling Two Men out of Morocco	134	(2)
The Creeps and the Atomic Scientists	136	(7)
Part Five -- Beginning of the End	143	(44)
The Spy Who Refused to Die	143	(4)
Blowing Up a Locomotive Works	147	(3)
The Mystery Man of Algiers	150	(3)
Top Secret: Parachuting Mules	153	(2)
America's Fifteen Thousand Secret Snoopers	155	(4)
Coercing Surrender of the Italian Fleet	159	(4)
Deception Role for the Panjandrum	163	(3)
Bedeviling the Gestapo in Toulouse	166	(3)
An X-Craft Calls on the Tirpitz	169	(3)
A French Boy and His Music Teacher	172	(2)
An Atomic Alert on New Year's Eve	174	(3)
"Ghost Voices" over Europe	177	(1)
Close Call in a Secret Room	178	(1)
Masking the "Chicago Skyline"	179	(8)
Part Six -- The Lights Go On Again	187	(40)
A U.S. Colonel's Private Airline	187	(3)
Kidnapping a German General	190	(5)
Blasting a Japanese Headquarters	195	(1)
Mad Dash in an Explosive-Laden Car	196	(3)
A Special Job for "Scarface Otto"	199	(4)
Sneaking onto Utah Beach	203	(2)
X2 Agents in Cherbourg	205	(3)
Covert Targets: Germany's Atomic Scientists	208	(5)
Alias Gregor and Igor	213	(4)
Dodging the Gestapo in the Ruhr	217	(4)
A Murder Job for Two "Specialists"	221	(3)
T Force Hunts for Chemical Weapons	224	(3)
Notes and Sources	227	(10)
Index	237