Undercover Tales of World War II

by William B. Breuer

Book Overview

Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer ""A first-class historian."" --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta! ""A wealth of insights.""--Los Angeles Times Book Review Unexplained Mysteries of World War II... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785819533
• ISBN13: 9780785819530
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Booksales
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Book Review; Undercover Tales of World War II

This book is full of great little vignettes about lesser known occurances of World War II. These are stories nobody could make up, but they really happened!!

Jolly good

Good book. Almost every story would make a good WWII movie. His other books are even better.

In time of war;who can you trust--Nobody;not even yourself.

If you enjoy reading Military History,you've probably already come across some of these stories.If you have read a great amount,maybe you alredy know about a lot of them;but it is still probale that many of these stories will be of events you haven't heard about before. What is covered in this book,required a great deal of knowledge,experience and research. 70 separate and unconnected stories give a taste of the secret things that took place during the war and the impact they had on events around them.You will see how events of spying,trickery,deception,intelligence gathering and other forms of espionage, play just as an important part in winning or losing a war, as do the events that take place on the battlefield.Most of these things don't become known at the time they are happening, for the simple reason that disclosure lets the enemy know your methods and operations.Even when secret information is revealed,it is denied to protect people and methods. Since there are 70 instances covered in 225 pages;on average this means only about 3 pages per story. Obviously,what you get here is a short summary,just to briefly tell what happened.However;the author has provided 9 pages of detailed information on these stories.That, basically makes this book a great resource to introduce the cases and gives information as to where to find out much more. As you read these stories,you should keep in mind that most of this took place 60 to 70 years ago when techniques and expertise were extremely simple compared to what is available today.Just imagine the possibilities with the equipment,communications and electronic abilities (much known and probably much still secret) that is at the disposal of those now engaged in this sort of thing today. With The War on Terror,we don't hear too much about deception and espionage these days;you can bet your sweet biffy that there is a ton of survelliance and intelligence gathering going on.So, it looks like they don't know where bin Laden is. Wanna bet someone doesn,t know? I wouldn't be surprised,they not only know where he is;but what he had for breakfast,who he talked to today,what time he got up,and even how and when he trims his beard.Even if all that is known,it would not be told;in fact,it would be denied. Maybe, 20 ,or even more years, will go by before the espionage that is undoubtly in full swing today,will ever become known. I was born in 1935 ,and hence ,just a young gaffer during WWII.I can remember being told in school and other places to keep an eye open for anyone strange in town,anyone talking strange languages,asking strange questions,and such.If you saw anything, or heard anything, suspicious,report it to your parents,teachers or the police.I was living in Nova Scotia at the time.Halifax was a major port of embarkation for huge convoys leaving for Europe,and the east coast was crawling with spies and informants passing vital information to the enemy. Not only that;but many were apprehended.We all

Exciting stories

These stories tell about men and women who acted SO bravely in the midst of intense danger. I especially liked the ones about members of the French Resistance, who risked (and sometimes lost) their lives to help the Allies. I feel forever grateful to those brave and clever people who defied Nazi brutality.

Deception

Deception, trickery, and propaganda! That's all that goes on in "Undercover Tales of World War 2." In this book weird stories occur and tells how our nation turned their back on the people of America, especially the soldiers of our nation. For example when Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the Japanese or the Germans were going to do something out of the ordinary to Pearl Harbor but didn't do anything about it. They even think that he was told about the Japanese bombing group coming right at the U.S. but I think that he just wanted to enter the war to try and get hisself reelected. I guarantee that it is a nail biter, suspense, adventure, and a mystery all in one. So if you would like to find out what really happened during World War 2, I suggest that you obtain the book somehow and read every last word of "Undercover Tales of World War 2."