Henri Déricourt: Double or Triple Agent

Henri Déricourt: Double or Triple Agent
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9781291263886
ISBN-13 : 1291263888
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Henri Déricourt: Double or Triple Agent by : Bunny Rymills

Frank 'Bunny' Rymills was an RAF pilot during World War Two. He flew on top secret missions into France from RAF Tempsford, a small airfield about fifty miles from London and half way between Cambridge and Bedford, or from RAF Tangmere on the south coast near Southampton. In his small Lysander aircraft, he carried secret agents and their luggage, landed them in remote fields and returned to England with important passengers. The man often waiting to meet him in France was Henri Déricourt, an enigmatic character who had the responsibility of arranging these flights, ensuring those to be sent back got to the field safely and the arriving agents sent on to their destinations to complete their dangerous missions behind enemy lines. When many of these agents were arrested, suspicion fell on Déricourt. Many thought he was a double or triple agent. Arrested after the war, he was tried and acquitted. This is Rymill's contribution to the debate.

All the King's Men

All the King's Men
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Publisher : Canelo + ORM
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9781800326439
ISBN-13 : 1800326432
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis All the King's Men by : Robert Marshall

The story of one of the most astonishing episodes of espionage and deception of World War Two. This is the tale of two men: Claude Dansey, deputy head of MI6, and double agent Henri Dericourt, who was planted with the rival wartime secret service – SOE – at Dansey’s instructions. From there began a terrifying trail of destruction. After making contact with Dansey in 1942, Dericourt was recruited to SOE as the man desperately needed to organize top-secret flights in and out of occupied French territory. But at the same time Dericourt was in touch with German counter-espionage in Paris. As SOE congratulated themselves on a new asset, Dericourt gave the Nazis everything; every flight, operation and coded message he could. Against a background of unprecedented deception and betrayal, Dansey’s secret MI6 operation eventually led to the arrest of nearly one thousand men and women, hundreds of whom died in concentration camps. How did it go so wrong? A shocking, enthralling account of a devastating episode in the history of the British secret services, perfect for readers of Ben MacIntyre.

Blackmail Sabotage: Attacks on French industries during World War Two

Blackmail Sabotage: Attacks on French industries during World War Two
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : 9781291787306
ISBN-13 : 1291787305
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Blackmail Sabotage: Attacks on French industries during World War Two by : Bernard O'Connor

In late-1943 Harry Rée, one of Britain's secret agents operating in eastern France, witnessed an RAF bombing mission on Peugeot's automobile factory in Sochaux/Montbéliard. As many bombs missed their target, damaging houses and killing innocent French civilians, he was aware that it could turn public opinion against the Allies. With the agreement of his boss in the Special Operations Executive, he approached one of Peugeot's directors and made him an offer: Agree to have your vital machinery sabotaged or have the factory destroyed by British or American bombers. To help the director decide, he was offered compensation by the Allies after the war. When this novel approach proved successful, SOE set up a blackmail sabotage committee which targeted over thirty French factories. Over twenty specially trained agents, both men and women, were infiltrated on missions which included blackmail sabotage. This book details their successes and failures.

THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE PLANNED ESCAPE OF HITLER

THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE PLANNED ESCAPE OF HITLER
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9781304545435
ISBN-13 : 1304545431
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE PLANNED ESCAPE OF HITLER by : Maximillien De Lafayette

THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE PLANNED ESCAPE OF HITLER. THE NAZI-SPAIN-ARGENTINA COVERUP. Volume I from a set of two volumes. Published by Times Square Press, http: //www.timessquarepress.com/ New York. Author's website: www.maximilliendelafayettebibliography.com The most authoritative, documented and convincing book on Hitler's escape from Berlin to Argentina. Packed with testimonies, affidavits and statements by insiders, the bunker's survivors and American, Russian and French intelligent agents. Astonishing revelations and powerful testimonies which will convince even the most ardent skeptics that indeed Hitler escaped from his bunker, and lived in Argentina with his SS entourage until his death in 1965.

SOE GROUP B SABOTAGE TRAINING HANDBOOK

SOE GROUP B SABOTAGE TRAINING HANDBOOK
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9781291863895
ISBN-13 : 1291863893
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis SOE GROUP B SABOTAGE TRAINING HANDBOOK by : Bernard O'Connor

Following the outbreak of war in 1939, the British Intelligence Services needed a school to train agents to be infiltrated behind enemy lines in occupied Europe. Brickendonbury Manor was requisitioned and run by the Secret Intelligence Service's D Section. They already had training schools in Palestine. With the formation of the Special Operations Executive in July 1940, they took over the training and Brickendonbury specialised in sabotage. George Rheam, described as the father of industrial sabotage, and fellow instructors prepared a handbook which was used by SOE trainers in similar schools overseas. Bernard O'Connor, author of numerous books on World War Two sabotage, provides a detailed foreword.

THE SPIES WHO CAME BACK TO THE COLD: An Icelandic saga of secret agents, intelligence agencies, deception, political intrigue and international diplomacy during the Second World War

THE SPIES WHO CAME BACK TO THE COLD: An Icelandic saga of secret agents, intelligence agencies, deception, political intrigue and international diplomacy during the Second World War
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 9781326931353
ISBN-13 : 1326931350
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis THE SPIES WHO CAME BACK TO THE COLD: An Icelandic saga of secret agents, intelligence agencies, deception, political intrigue and international diplomacy during the Second World War by : Bernard O'Connor

During the Second World War, the German Intelligence Service infiltrated specially-trained agents into Iceland to collect military, naval, aviation and meteorological intelligence to be transmitted back to Hamburg by wireless or secret writing. Some agents managed to evade capture for a few weeks but most handed themselves into the authorities shortly after landing. Sent to London for interrogation by MI5, rather than be executed as enemy spies, they revealed their life stories and provided details of their training, their instructors and how they were infiltrated. They included Olev Saetrang, Ib Riis, Sigurjon Jonsson, Jens Palsson, Peter Thomsen aka Jens Fridriksson, Larus Thorsteinsson, Einar Sigvaldason, Magnus Gudbjornsson, Sverrir Matthiasson, Ernst Fresenius, Sigurdur Juliusson, Hjalti Bjornsson and Gudbrandur Hlidar. Three of these spies were 'turned', used as double agents to transmit British-inspired messages to deceive the Germans about Arctic convoys and a fake Allied invasion of Norway.

Sabotage in Belgium

Sabotage in Belgium
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781291408492
ISBN-13 : 1291408495
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Sabotage in Belgium by : Bernard O'Connor

Between 1940 and 1944 forty Belgians were trained in industrial sabotage at Brickendonbury Manor, near Hertford, UK. This book tells the stories of their successes and failures when they were dropped into Belgian. They include: Emile Tromme, Robert Jourdain, Armand Campion, Octave Fabri, Jean Scohier, Jean Cassart, Henri Verhaeghen, André Wendelen, Achille Hottia, Oscar Catherine, Valère Passelecq, Willy Bernaert, Jean Deflem, Léon Kaanen, ? Piquart, Felicien Moreau, Victor Lemmens, Pierre Osterrieth, Pierre Vliex, Frederic Veldekens, Henri Frenay, Jean Woluwe and Jean van Gyseghem, Jean Schools, Leon Engelen, Adhemar Delplace, Francois Mathot, André Berten, Alphonse Mabille, Theo Andries, André Bayet, Pierre Davreux, Léon Joye, Georges André, Maurice Bertrand, Robert Duby, Zephir Braibant, Leon Servais, Raymonde Thonon and André Guissart.

The BBC and the Pigeon Spies

The BBC and the Pigeon Spies
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9780244690540
ISBN-13 : 0244690545
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The BBC and the Pigeon Spies by : Bernard O'Connor

Over 16,000 pigeons were dropped into occupied Europe during the Second World War. Some were used by secret agents to send messages back to headquarters. Others were dropped into selected areas of France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark in the hope that people would complete the attached questionnaire and provided military, political, economic or other intelligence of value for the Allies. There were also requests for information on the reception and content of the BBC Overseas Service news. Many messages sent back requests that the BBC acknowledge receipt of the message. This book investigates the work of MI14, known as the Colomba Service, and for the first time sheds light on conditions in Occupied Europe described by extremely brave men and women who risked execution if found in possession of a pigeon. MI14 staff, decoded or translated messages and forwarded copies to the SOE, SIS, MI19, the War Office, RAF, Royal Navy, Ministry of Economic Warfare, Churchill, de Gaulle and the BBC.

Sabotage in Greece

Sabotage in Greece
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 9781291854077
ISBN-13 : 129185407X
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Sabotage in Greece by : Bernard O'Connor

Following the Italian invasion of Albania, the British government was worried that Greece would be next. Their Intelligence Service in Athens prepared to sabotage their plans, stored explosives and trained saboteurs. When Germany came to Italy's aid, they took control of Greece, despite attempts to sabotage the road and rail links. This book investigates the success and failures of British, American and Greek sabotage missions, the attacks on the Gorgopotamos and Asopos viaducts, on roads, railways, shipping and mining operations. Using contemporary documents from the CIA and National Archives, biographies and autobiographies, it provides first-hand accounts from those involved, those who masterminded the operations and the reports of the agents infiltrated by boat, submarine or plane. It has also used historians' accounts found on websites to provide a detailed history of sabotage in Greece between 1940 and liberation in 1944.

Her Finest Hour

Her Finest Hour
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Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9781445661650
ISBN-13 : 1445661659
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Her Finest Hour by : Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell

The untold story of the female British secret agent forgotten by history.