The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
ISBN-13:
9780300238600
ISBN-10:
0300238606
Edition:
1
Author:
Helen Fry
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Category:
Great Britain
,
European History
,
World War II
,
Military History
,
World History
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ISBN-13:
9780300238600
ISBN-10:
0300238606
Edition:
1
Author:
Helen Fry
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Category:
Great Britain
,
European History
,
World War II
,
Military History
,
World History
Summary
The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II (ISBN-13: 9780300238600 and ISBN-10: 0300238606), written by authors
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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: German prisoners’ cells were to be bugged and listeners installed behind the walls to record and transcribe their private conversations. This mission proved so effective that it would go on to be set up at three further sites—and provide the Allies with crucial insight into new technology being developed by the Nazis.
In this astonishing history, Helen Fry uncovers the inner workings of the bugging operation. On arrival at stately-homes-turned-prisons like Trent Park, high-ranking German generals and commanders were given a "phony" interrogation, then treated as "guests," wined and dined at exclusive clubs, and encouraged to talk. And so it was that the Allies got access to some of Hitler’s most closely guarded secrets—and from those most entrusted to protect them.
At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: German prisoners’ cells were to be bugged and listeners installed behind the walls to record and transcribe their private conversations. This mission proved so effective that it would go on to be set up at three further sites—and provide the Allies with crucial insight into new technology being developed by the Nazis.
In this astonishing history, Helen Fry uncovers the inner workings of the bugging operation. On arrival at stately-homes-turned-prisons like Trent Park, high-ranking German generals and commanders were given a "phony" interrogation, then treated as "guests," wined and dined at exclusive clubs, and encouraged to talk. And so it was that the Allies got access to some of Hitler’s most closely guarded secrets—and from those most entrusted to protect them.
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