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Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis: The Most Remarkable Agent of The Second World War
Mihir Bose
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Description for Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis: The Most Remarkable Agent of The Second World War
Hardcover. The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 black and white photographs and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FK; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 696.
Silver was the codename for the only quintuple spy of the Second World War, spying for the Italians, Germans, Japanese, Soviets and the British. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross, Germany s highest military decoration, and paid him 2.5 million in today s money. In reality Silver deceived the Nazis on behalf of the Soviets and the British. In 1942 the Russians decided to share Silver with the British, the only time during the war that the Soviets agreed to such an arrangement. This brought him under the control of Peter Fleming who acted as his spy master. Germans ... Read more
Silver was the codename for the only quintuple spy of the Second World War, spying for the Italians, Germans, Japanese, Soviets and the British. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross, Germany s highest military decoration, and paid him 2.5 million in today s money. In reality Silver deceived the Nazis on behalf of the Soviets and the British. In 1942 the Russians decided to share Silver with the British, the only time during the war that the Soviets agreed to such an arrangement. This brought him under the control of Peter Fleming who acted as his spy master. Germans ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781553718
SKU
V9781781553718
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99-5
About Mihir Bose
Mihir Bose, the first BBC sports editor, has written for all the major British papers including the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph. An award winning author and journalist he has won: Business Columnist of the Year, Sports Reporter of the Year and Sports Story of the Year. His History of Indian cricket was the first Indian cricket book ... Read more
Reviews for Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis: The Most Remarkable Agent of The Second World War
Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis is the gripping, true-life story of the East Indian spy Bhagat Ram Talwar, codename Silver - the only quintuple spy of the Second World War... A handful of vintage black-and-white photographs, endnotes, and a bibliography round out this fascinating, in-depth portrait of a master manipulator. Highly recommended, especially for public and college library ... Read more