The Mediterranean Double-Cross System, 1941-1945

By Brett Lintott

Book Overview

This book describes and analyzes the history of the Mediterranean "Double-Cross System" of the Second World War, an intelligence operation run primarily by British officers which turned captured German spies into double agents. Through a complex system of coordination, they were utilized from 1941 to the end of the war in 1945 to secure Allied territory through security and counter-intelligence operations, and also to deceive the German military by passing false information about Allied military planning and operations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415788617
• ISBN13: 9780415788618
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"