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“A fascinating and awesomely detailed account of wartime deception... - There is speugiemna terial here for 20 espionage novels.” —The New York Times Book Review’ ANTHONY CAVE 3ROWN f i a 7 ee Anthony -Caye Brown — =~ - 7 ‘ “le 1 oa q 4 = Pe a a+ £a t ; . Pe Wo ee " - e 6 c#AUGYaoR SOOVCUARD. OP Ules Anthony Cave Brown * The Lyons Press Guilford, Connecticut An imprint of The Globe Pequot Press To buy books in quantity for corporate use or incentives, call (800) 962-0973 or e-mail [email protected]. Original copyright © 1975 by Anthony Cave Brown. Published in arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. © 2002 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced or trans- mitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo- copying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to The Lyons Press, Attn: Rights and Per- missions Department, P.O. Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437. The Lyons Press is an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press. 109° 8° 7 65 43k Printed in the United States of America ISBN 978-1-59921-383-5 The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Contents Prologue 1 PART i: THE ORIGINS OF SPECIAL MEANS 1938-1942 1. Ultra 13 2. Coventry 32 3. Special Means Operational 45 4. The Search for a Strategy 62 5. Alam Halfa 92 6. El Alamein 116 PART ii: THE ROOTS OF CONSPIRACY 1934-1943 Canaris 137 . The Schwarze Kapelle 148 . Friend or Foe 153 . The Plot Begins 159 . The Outbreak of War 170 . Conspiracy at the Vatican 178 . The Venlo Incident 186 . “Adroit Intrigue” 192 WPCEN. CWanaHris Nat WAorkW A204 pit ) vi ( Contents 10. The Assassination of Heydrich 217 11, Operation Flash 228 PART III: HIGH STRATEGY AND Low TACTICS 1943 . Casablanca 245 . The Battle of the Atlantic 251 . The LCS and Plan Jael 268 . Mincemeat 278 . Quebec 290 . The Schwarze Kapelle, 1943 300 . Starkey 317 . Prosper 328 . The Intelligence Attack 355 . Teheran 378 —. Cicero 391 PART IV: COVER AND DECEPTION—JANUARY TO JUNE 1944 . Eisenhower, Supreme Commander 409 . The German Supreme Command 423 . Bodyguard 432 . The Balkans 446 . Fortitude North 459 . Fortitude South 473 . Nuremberg 500 . Aerial Stratagems 517 . Security 528 HWBSe.NP T Ohe WAireNlessIGamAe A551 . The French Labyrinth 565 . Canaris’s Last Throw 583 . Vendetta 601 FSSeSeePP . WTheN E ve of D-Day 624 Contents ) vii( PART V: NORMANDY TO NEMESIS—JUNE 6 TO AUGUST 20, 1944 . D-Day 647 . The Deceptions of D-Day 670 . Sword and Stratagem 679 . The French Revolt 688 Rommel 704 The V1 719 Goodwood 729 . July 20,1944 747 DCA. OATIhRe WBNreDa kout 770 — oO . Gotterd4mmerung 784 Epilogue 796 Author’s Note 823 Interviews 829 Archivists, Historians and Librarians 832 Glossary 835 Sources and Notes 842 Bibliography 894 Index 905 ies) a af OF yee to envitass afT £ PARTS POW Beh 4 mSgu i? ban eee P43 BEG fieveA nonert att * t. Cieeetercs . "Pee tert
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