Silver : the spy who fooled the Nazis : the most remarkable agent of the Second World War
Bose, Mihir, 1947-2016
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Silver was the codename for the only quintuple spy of the Second World War, spying for the Italians, Germans, Japanese, Soviets and the British. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross, Germany s highest military decoration, and paid him 2.5 million in today s money. In reality Silver deceived the Nazis on behalf of the Soviets and the British. In 1942 the Russians decided to share Silver with the British, the only time during the war that the Soviets agreed to such an arrangement. This brought him under the control of Peter Fleming who acted as his spy master. Germans also gave Silver a transmitter which broadcast misleading military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin.
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Author:
Bose, Mihir, 1947-, author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Fonthill, 2016.
Collation:
350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781781553718 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5485092940.5485948.5485
LC class:
D810.S8
Language:
English
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BRN:
1855466
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