WWII Codebreakers and Spies: How British Intelligence & Special Operations Changed the Course of History - Hardcover

by Michael Smith (Author)

The Bletchley Park codebreakers who solved the Enigma Cipher and the Double Cross system that "turned" German secret agents helped cut the war by years and ensured the success of D-Day. Historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts new details about these operations, with stories that range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and aircrew.

Author Biography

Michael Smith is a former intelligence officer, award-winning journalist, and expert on all aspects of the British secret war. He was defense correspondent for The Sunday Times, and has written many books including the bestseller Station X, The Killer Elite, and The Spying Game. He is known for obtaining and publishing the Downing Street Memos, for which he received a British Press Award in 2006. Smith is currently Bletchley Park Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford.