Deceptions of World War II

✍ Scribed by Breuer, William B

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Now, in Deceptions of World War II, military historian and author William Breuer presents more than eighty little-known tales of illusions, masquerades, and fakery that were often decisive factors, providing an advantage that could mean the difference between victory and defeat.;Researched and collected from personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, these fresh, fast-paced accounts take you directly into the minds of the men and women who misled their enemy, uncovered military secrets, and furthered their cause by any means possible: stealing Hitler's secret weapon ... "smuggling" ships to England ... financing an FBI coup ... impersonating a submarine fleet ... unmasking German Spies ... even sending Nazis into the White House."--Jacket.

✦ Table of Contents

Heading toward the Brink --
A British Mole in German Spy School --
An Elderly German Casanova --
Return of a "Conquering Hero" --
The "Poor Little Rich Girl" --
A Scheme to "Nazify" Thirty Million Americans --
A Seminary Student Stalks Hitler --
Standard Oil's Nazi Connection --
Theft of Maginot Line Secrets --
The Pope's Clandestine Peace Plan --
An American Forum to Promote Germany --
Roosevelt's Secret Scheme to Aid the British --
"Our Enemies Are Little Worms" --
Lulling Europe's Leaders to Sleep --
A World Rocked by War --
A German Spymaster Plots against Hitler --
The Polish Assassin Wore Pigtails --
An American Celebrity Aids the Fuhrer --
A Civic-Minded Spy in Miami --
A Swedish Professor's Intelligence Coup --
Greta Garbo: A Secret Agent --
"You Will Spy for the Fatherland!" --
Hitler Finances an FBI Coup --
Japanese Fishermen in the Caribbean --
Confiscating Nazis' Stolen Art Treasures --
A Propaganda Blitz against the United States --
The Secret Looting of Conquered Europe --
A Hollywood "Warrior" Is Knighted --
Roosevelt: Conniver or Country Bumpkin? --
"Smuggling" Five Ships to England --
Plastic Surgery for a British Spy --
Nazi Germany on the March --
Nazi Diplomat Spies in the United States --
Secret Trysts in Berlin Theaters --
J. Edgar Hoover: Rumormonger --
An Unlikely Counterfeit Traitor --
The Spy Who Fooled Both Sides --
Nine Germans Capture Belgrade --
The "Directress of Masquerades" --
Ruses to Aid Trapped British Force --
"We Stand behind Every Camel!" --
An Enemy Agent in the Spymaster's Family.

✦ Subjects

Täuschung;Weltkrieg;World War, 1939-1945--Deception;World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence;World War, 1939-1945--Secret service;Military intelligence;Secret service;Deception;World War, 1939-1945 -- Deception;World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service;World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence;Täuschung