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Spies, lies, and disguise : the daring tricks and deeds that won World War II / Jennifer Swanson ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books ; 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: x, 132 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681197791
  • 1681197790
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Contents:
License to kill -- Boating to safety: Operation Dynamo -- Churchill's secret army -- Code-breaking, Ultra style -- The dreaded Nachthexen (night witches) -- Cows can kill -- Hiding in plain sight -- Dead man floating (aka Operation Mincemeat) -- Bouncing bombs away! -- Pulling off the ultimate fake-out -- D-Day: invasion! -- Ghost armies, secret missions, and assassination attempts -- Covert spies working behind enemy lines -- Super-secret code talkers -- A ticking time bomb -- A final note.
Summary: "In the late 1930s, times were desperate. The world found itself at war again, hardly more than twenty years after the First World War had ended - and the stakes were never higher. The leaders of every country involved were left without a choice. They had to try to end the war as fast as possible, using whatever means they could. That meant coming up with secret operations meant to deceive, deflect, and confuse their enemies. ... Readers will be captivated by the Allies' classified, covert efforts to gain the upper hand and win the war"--front flap.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 940.5486 S972 Available 33111009421328
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the late 1930s, times were desperate. The world found itself at war again, less than twenty years after the first World War had ended. No one could quite believe it. And no one wanted it. The leaders of every country involved were left with no choice. They had to try to end the war as fast as possible, using whatever means they could.
That meant coming up with secret operations meant to deceive, deflect, and confuse their enemies. Poison the cattle that the Germans eat? Deliberately float a corpse dressed up as a spy across the water to have it wash up on Germany's shore? Create a unit of top secret commandos with a license to kill? These were all real tactics attempted with the ultimate goal of defeating Hitler. In this off-center look at history, readers will be captivated by the classified and covert efforts made by each side as they tried to gain the upper hand and win the war. Restricted access is lifted to give the reader a peek into the top secret operations of the daring men and women who fought the war under a cloak of secrecy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.

License to kill -- Boating to safety: Operation Dynamo -- Churchill's secret army -- Code-breaking, Ultra style -- The dreaded Nachthexen (night witches) -- Cows can kill -- Hiding in plain sight -- Dead man floating (aka Operation Mincemeat) -- Bouncing bombs away! -- Pulling off the ultimate fake-out -- D-Day: invasion! -- Ghost armies, secret missions, and assassination attempts -- Covert spies working behind enemy lines -- Super-secret code talkers -- A ticking time bomb -- A final note.

"In the late 1930s, times were desperate. The world found itself at war again, hardly more than twenty years after the First World War had ended - and the stakes were never higher. The leaders of every country involved were left without a choice. They had to try to end the war as fast as possible, using whatever means they could. That meant coming up with secret operations meant to deceive, deflect, and confuse their enemies. ... Readers will be captivated by the Allies' classified, covert efforts to gain the upper hand and win the war"--front flap.

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