Strategic Deception in the Second World War

By: Michael Eliot Howard

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Paperback | 1 January 1996 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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Preface
Introduction
The Foundations, 1939-1942
The United Kingdom, 1939-August 1942	p. 3
The Twenty Committee
Signal Intelligence
The London Controlling Section
'A' Force: The Middle East, September 1939-August 1942	p. 31
The German Intelligence Services	p. 45
The Tests, August 1942-December 1943
The Turn of the Tide	p. 55
Torch August-December 1942
Alamein and Beyond: The Mediterranean, August 1942-January 1943
The Mediterranean Strategy	p. 71
Cockade: The United Kingdom, 1943
Barclay: The Mediterranean, 1943
The Climax: Bodyguard, 1944-1945
Fortitude: The United Kingdom, December 1943-June 1944	p. 103
Zeppelin: The Mediterranean, January-December 1944	p. 135
Crossbow: The Flying Bombs, June-December 1944	p. 167
Normandy and Beyond; North-West Europe, June 1944-April 1945	p. 185
The Far East
The Far East, 1942-1945	p. 203
Appendix 1: Naval Deception	p. 223
Appendix 2: The Garbo Network	p. 231
Appendix 3: Terms of Reference for London Controlling Section	p. 243
Appendix 4: Mincemeat Letter	p. 245
Appendix 5: Plan Bodyguard	p. 247
Index	p. 255
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