The Secret Surrender - Allen W. Dulles
The Classic Insider's Account of the Secret Plot to Surrender Northern Italy During WWII
KORTE INHOUD
On April 17, 1945, Adolph Hitler sent a memorandum to a German general who wanted to fall back to a more advantageous position in Northern Italy: "The Führer expects the utmost steadfastness to defend every inch of the North Italian area entrusted to your command. I desire to point out the serious consequences for all those higher commanders who do not carry out the Führer's orders to the last word." Such was Adolph Hitler's insane directive and unambiguous threat to anyone who contemplated anything other than Hitler's last-man defense. But Allen Dulles, who worked in Switzerland for "Wild Bill" Donovan's OSS-the precursor to the CIA-was conducting Operation Sunrise, a secret plot to effect the surrender of Nazi and Fascist troops in Italy. Dulles guided the delicate, top-secret negotiations in Switzerland. In an immediate, personal, and page-turning narrative that has all the hallmarks of a suspense novel, Dulles reveals the extraordinary details of one of the most successful intelligence operations of all t...
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2006Uitgever: The Lyons Press256 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1592283683ISBN-13: 9781592283682Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo. [Auteur: Dulles, Allen W.] [Pagina's: 232] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Guilford, CT : The Lyons Press] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: The Secret Surrender: The Classic Insider's Account of the Secret Plot to Surrender Northern Italy During WWII]
