**Now a New York Times Bestseller!** * * * **THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY** **AT THE HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR II,** Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians--many of them y
A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible True Story of the Master Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Book ID
- 126920729
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN
- 162914360X
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✦ Synopsis
The classic real-life story of the superspy whose vast intelligence network helped defeat the Nazis in World War II.
A Man Called Intrepid is the account of the world's first integrated intelligence operation and of its master, William Stephenson. Codenamed INTREPID by Winston Churchill, Stephenson was charged with establishing—and running—a vast, worldwide intelligence network to challenge the terrifying force of Nazi Germany. Nothing less than the fate of Britain and the free world hung in the balance as INTREPID covertly set about stalling the Nazis by any means necessary.
First published in 1976, A Man Called Intrepid was an immediate bestseller. With over thirty black-and-white photographs and countless World War II secrets, this book revealed startling information that had remained buried for decades. Detailing the infamous Camp X" training center in Ontario, Canada; the miraculous breaking of the Ultra Code used by the Enigma...
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