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Churchill's Spy Files: Mi5's Top-Secret Wartime Reports

AUTHOR West, Nigel
PUBLISHER History Press (07/16/2024)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Brand-new previously unpublished reports about previously unknown spy missions in WW2

The Second World War saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a conflict quite unlike any that had gone before it.

At this time, no one in government was really aware of what MI5 and its brethren did. But with Churchill at the country's helm, it was decided to let him in on the secret, providing him with a weekly report of the spy activities - so classified that he was handed each report personally and copies were never allowed to be made, nor was he allowed to keep hold of them. Even now, the documents only exist as physical copies deep in the archives, many pages annotated by hand by 'W.S.C.' himself.

In Churchill's Spy Files acclaimed intelligence expert Nigel West unravels the tales of hitherto unknown spy missions, using this ground-breaking research to paint a fresh picture of the worldwide intelligence scene of the Second World War.

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ISBN-13: 9781803994826
ISBN-10: 1803994827
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 468
Carton Quantity: 14
Product Dimensions: 6.29 x 1.32 x 9.24 inches
Weight: 1.56 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product
Country of Origin: US
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History | Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General
History | Intelligence & Espionage
History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century
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Brand-new previously unpublished reports about previously unknown spy missions in WW2

The Second World War saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a conflict quite unlike any that had gone before it.

At this time, no one in government was really aware of what MI5 and its brethren did. But with Churchill at the country's helm, it was decided to let him in on the secret, providing him with a weekly report of the spy activities - so classified that he was handed each report personally and copies were never allowed to be made, nor was he allowed to keep hold of them. Even now, the documents only exist as physical copies deep in the archives, many pages annotated by hand by 'W.S.C.' himself.

In Churchill's Spy Files acclaimed intelligence expert Nigel West unravels the tales of hitherto unknown spy missions, using this ground-breaking research to paint a fresh picture of the worldwide intelligence scene of the Second World War.

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