Hitler's secret army : a hidden history of spies, saboteurs, and traitors in World War II /

Tate, Tim,

Hitler's secret army : a hidden history of spies, saboteurs, and traitors in World War II / Hidden history of spies, saboteurs, and traitors in World War II Tim Tate. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - xxiii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Previously published as Hitler's British traitors : the secret history of spies, saboteurs and Fifth Columnists, London : Icon Books Ltd, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-398) and index.

A wake-up call -- Target Britain -- A nation unprepared -- 'The shadow of the German sword' -- The last spies of peace -- Phoney war -- Perish Judah! -- Lords traitorous -- Two weeks in May -- Assisting the enemy -- The Kensington conspiracy -- 'A revolutionary dictatorship should be imposed' -- Password 'Peter Leigh' -- Witch-finding -- Humble tools and real criminals -- Treachery and death -- 'Most frank and attractive' -- 'Rosebud' and the road to entrapment -- Dorothy, Dormouse and Jack -- The Marita network -- After the war.

"This dramatic exposé of Allied subterfuge and betrayal uncovers the treachery of undercover fascists and American Nazi spy rings during the height of World War II"--Jacket flap.

9781643130774 1643130773


World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
Subversive activities--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Espionage, German--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Fascists--History--Great Britain--20th century.

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