Strategic Deception in the Second World War - Couverture souple

Howard, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712652574 ISBN 13 : 9780712652575

Editeur : Pimlico, 1992

Synopsis

This volume explains how a successful combination of security and intelligence made it possible to deceive the German High Command as to the strategic intentions of the Allies and make them greatly overestimate the resources at their disposal. It provides the authoritative story of such classic deception operations as Operation Mincemeat, which preceded the invasion of Sicily; of the non-existent US Army Group that pinned down an entire German Army in the Pas de Calais and of the spoof played on the German intelligence authorities by the double-agent GARBO. The author also wrote "Disengagement in Europe", "The Franco-Prussian War", "The Theory and Practice of War", "War in European History", "The Causes of War" and "Clausewitz".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Told from confidential documents? some of which remain closed for the foreseeable future? here is the precisely detailed story of the British government's campaign of strategic deception of the German High Command. A volume in the British Government's Official History of Intelligence in the Second World War, the book has been written by a master historian renowned for his eloquence as well as for his learning. The success of these operations can be measured by the fact that by 1943 the Germans were almost wholly dependent on double agents for news of what was going on in the United Kingdom; intercepted and decrypted radio traffic showed the Allies how extensively the enemy was accepting disinformation and acting on it. In Britain, extremely tight communications security made possible the apprehension and control of virtually all active enemy agents. Sir Michael Howard explains how the British were able to deceive the Germans about the strategic intentions of the Allies and make them greatly overestimate Allied resources. Here is the most authoritative account available of such classic deception operations as Operation Mincemeat, which preceded the invasion of Sicily; the nonexistent U.S. Army group that pinned down an entire German Army in the Pas de Calais until Montgomery's forces had achieved a secure foothold in Normandy; and the amazing trick played on the German intelligence authorities by the great double agent Garbo.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sir Michael Howard, recently retired, was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. His many books include The Causes of War, War in European History, and The Lessons of History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pimlico
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712652574
• ISBN 13: 9780712652575
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible