{"product_id":"double-cross-the-true-story-of-the-dday-spies-9780307888778","title":"Double Cross The True Story of the DDay Spies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The “superb [and] intensely readable” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II and the extraordinary spies who achieved it—from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Not since Ian Fleming and John le Carré has a spy writer so captivated readers.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military achievement, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, tricked the Nazis into believing that the Allied attacks would come in Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most sophisticated and successful deception o","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401604112727,"sku":"9780307888778","price":16.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307888778.jpg?v=1730477953","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/double-cross-the-true-story-of-the-dday-spies-9780307888778","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}