The Secret History of World War II Spies

Author: Bruell
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: WWII expert reveals the secrets of the WWII intelligence world. A fresh perspective on the behind-the-scenes actions of the Allies and the Nazi Party during WWII. Hidden Suez Canal, North African desert, cleverly laid ambushes, a series of thrilling spy stories unfold! The Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28, 1919, formally ended the World War, but while the ink was still wet, leaders of some countries began preparing to launch a second World War. Just a few months after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Benito Mussolini, an arrogant Italian politician, established the anti-democratic Fascist Party, with members wearing black shirts, and two years later, he seized control of the then-weak government. Mussolini dreamed of expanding the Italian Empire and reviving the glory of the ancient Roman Empire, so he began to build a modern army, navy, and air force. The Treaty of Versailles limited Germany to having only a 100,000-man volunteer civilian army and prohibited it from having aircraft and artillery. In 1921, these restrictions were cleverly circumvented. The members of the army were not civilian volunteers but elite warrior officer corps. The Soviet Union signed a secret agreement with Germany to produce tanks, aircraft, artillery, shells, and even poison gas for the German military. In the late 1920s, Japan, where military warlords had become the ruling class, drafted the "Tanaka Memorial" — a grand plan to conquer the Pacific and eventually invade the United States. Throughout the 1930s and the six years of World War II, global powers sought to gain military, political, economic, and psychological advantages through a vast array of secret strategies. These secret strategies played a decisive role in the war, although only a part of them took place on the battlefield. These secret operations included spies, informants, propagandists, traitors, stealing blueprints, bribery, traps, codebreaking, and plots to kidnap or assassinate prominent figures. Through years of collection and research, the author has arranged these facts in chronological order, attempting to recreate the fascinating and unpredictable events in the book.