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Language:Japanese
The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed

The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published on: 02/17/2011

Print ISBN: 9780471267393

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

By: William B. Breuer

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Description
A rare treat for World War II history buffs and fans of the strange, absurd, and unexplainedAcclaimed military historian William Breuer takes readers on a trip through the looking glass to acquaint them with the weirder side of World War II. Featuring a cast of characters including double- and triple-agents, femme fatales, fearless leaders, and men at arms, The Spy who Spent the War In Bed is a collection of seventy concise, vividly rendered tales of war, ranging from laugh-out-loud funny, to inspiring, to just-plain-bizarre. For instance, there's the one about how reputed Irish Republican Army members in New York conned Nazi intelligence out of a small fortune. There's also a thrilling account of how four American newsmen bagged an entire German platoon. And there's the haunting tale of the "Mystery Plane," an experimental aircraft that took off on a short test flight over England one sunny afternoon in 1938 and simply vanished into a cloudless summer sky. This book draws on personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, as well as the vast literature on World War II.
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