A fascinating insight into the Double Cross system and the people working behind the scenes to bring about Allied victory on D-Day. Very readable.

On the way to a Bookcrossing friend 4evagreen.

Book arrived safely I look forward to reading it. Thanks for sharing!

"In wartime, the truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Winston Churchill

In the end I couldn't help feel that perhaps the author had ultimately been taken in by these spies tales of bravado as much as the Germans were. Personally I find it very hard to believe that the Germans were as gullible or the British so smart as the author would have us believe. Whilst I have little doubt that Operation Fortitude did save Allied lives and that its success certainly led to the beginning of the end of the war, the reality is that the Germans had lost the war in the air, were having to commit ever larger numbers to the Eastern Front to fight Russian forces, Britain and her allies had had a massive influx of combatants join them from America all meant that even the German hierarchy believed that they had lost the war, as evidenced by the plot to assassinate Hitler. Added all together I struggled to believe that the success of the plan was as pivotal as the author would have the reader believe.

Overall I found this an interesting but rather fluffy, flawed read that may give its readers a very distorted view of the ongoing events of the time and perhaps underplay the deeds of those who actually did the fighting on both sides of the battle.

Going out as part of a wishlist tag thread. Enjoy!

Thanks for the tag! It arrived safely today. I listened to Operation Mincemeat recently so it will be interesting to see how it compares.

Another fascinating read from Ben McIntyre.

Reserved for lamilla via wishlist tag.

It looks like this copy may be lost on its way to Belarus :(

I’ve ordered a replacement copy https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15559360 which will hopefully find its way to Lamilla.