Fearless Spies and Daring Deeds of World War II

Rebecca Langston-George

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Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War II, using photos, original sources, maps, timelines and little-known facts.

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 06 avril 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781474736275
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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R E B E C C A L A N G S T O N  G E O R G E

Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 264 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7DY – Registered company number: 6695582 www.raintree.co.uk [e-mail] Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2017 The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS (www.cla.co.uk). Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission should be addressed to the publisher. Edited by Megan Atwood Designed by Russell Griesmer Picture research by Tracey Engel Production by Steve Walker Printed and bound in China ISBN 978 1 4747 3623 7 20 19 18 17 16 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy: INTERFOTO, 13, Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo, 56; AP Photo, 26; Getty Images: Apic, 6, Bettmann, 39, Bride Lane Library/Popperfoto, 21, Imagno, 49, IWM, 25, Mansell/Time Life Pictures, 43, Popperfoto, 9; Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, 31; Library of Congress: 3c28525u, 35, LC_3c28524u, 32; Newscom: Everett Collection, 45, HEINRICH HOFFMANN/EPA, 54, KRT, 36, picture-alliance/dpa, 46; Rex by Shutterstock/Len Cassingham/Daily Mail, 17; Shutterstock: ArtFamily, cover (silhouette), BERNATSKAYA OXANA, cover and 1 (flames), Ensuper, design element, Everett Historical, cover (cipher machine), Fedorov Oleksiy, design element, Freedom_Studio, design element, Here, design element, Keith Tarrier, cover and 1 (planes), phokin, design element, Reddavebatcave, design element, Shaun Jeffers, cover and 1 (buildings), SkillUp, design element, STILLFX, design element, Vladitto, design element; Wikimedia: public domain, 18, 22 We would like to thank Joseph Fitsanakis, PhD of Coastal Carolina University for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher.All the Internet addresses (URLs) given in this book were valid at the time of going to press. However, due to the dynamic nature of the Internet, some addresses may have changed, or sites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication. While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience this may cause readers, no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted by either the author or the publisher.

CONTENTS Chapter 1 Christine Granville: Britain’s beauty queen spy 7 Chapter 2 William Martin: Operation Mincemeat’s cool spy on ice 19 Chapter 3 William Sebold: America’s nervous but patriotic spy 27 Chapter 4 Richard Sakakida: The spy who needed his mum’s permission 37 Chapter 5 Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg: Operation Valkyrie’s three-fingered spy 47

Timeline ................. Glossary ................. Additional resources ..... Source notes ............. Select bibliography ...... Index ....................

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World War II 1939 – 1945

G ermany was in a difficult position after losing World War I. The country was forced to pay large sums of money to the victors, and its national boundaries were redrawn. This led to an economic depression in Germany that paved the way for a person with big promises. His campaign slogan was “freedom and bread” for everyone – what he had in mind was something quite different.

In 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Soon after, he overturned the democratic system there to become the Führer, or absolute ruler, of Germany. He and his National Socialist German Workers’ Party, known as Nazis, at first enjoyed broad support, both domestically and internationally. However, it wasn’t long before the world learned the truth: Hitler hoped to take over most of Europe and create an “Aryan,” or superior, race by wiping out minority populations. Hitler wanted to rid the world of Jewish people, Romas, homosexuals, the disabled and others who did not fit his idea of perfection. Many in Europe and the United States became increasingly alarmed.

World War II started in Europe after Hitler’s invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Two days later, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. During the course of the war, more than 30 countries took sides. The two sides were called the Allies and the Axis. The Allies included Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. The Axis powers included Germany, Italy and Japan.

The United States had sympathized with the Allies but stayed out of the war until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7 December 1941. Japan had been trying to take over parts of Asia for many years, and the United States opposed their movements towards expanding. War felt imminent, but still, the attack on Pearl Harbor took the United States by surprise. About 3,500 Americans were wounded or killed during the attack.

In the spring of 1945, Germany’s forces faced defeat. Hitler, knowing he had lost the war, committed suicide on 30 April 1945. On 7 May 1945, Germany surrendered to the Allies. Japan surrendered on 2 September 1945, after the US military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

More than 60 million soldiers and civilians died during the war. The actions of spies on both sides influenced and, in some cases, changed the course of the war. This book tells the stories of the daring deeds of some of these fearless spies.