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A Covert Marine in the Balkans and China
By John ManciniOn the night of August 19, 1943, a lone British Handley Page Halifax bomber flew over Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Read more
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OSS Bugatti: Fighting Alongside the Maquis
By John ManciniThe tempo of war planning intensified for the invasion of Europe during the early months of 1944. Finally, at daylight on June 6, 1944, Allied infantry stormed ashore along the German-held Normandy coast. Read more
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German U-Boats on American Shores: Operation Pastorius & Beyond
by David Alan JohnsonThe U-boat landings of German spies off the coast of Long Island during Operation Pastorius were not the only instances of U-boats putting German agents ashore on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Read more
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FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Nazi Saboteur
By David Alan JohnsonIt was just about midnight on June 12, 1942, and the Abwehr (Nazi Germany’s intelligence agency) hoped that Dasch and his three men, along with another four-man group to be put ashore on the coast of Florida, would be able to destroy factories of the Aluminium Company of America (ALCOA) located in the United States. Read more
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Bringing Down the Bridges
By John ManciniIn April 1941, German troops swarmed into Greece from Bulgaria. Despite a valiant defense by the Greek Army and support from the British, the Nazis smashed their battle lines and controlled Greece within weeks. Read more
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Secret Agent Man: The Story of Eddie Chapman
By Peter KrossNations have often pressed unsavory characters and criminals into service during wartime, rationalizing that such action is in the best interest of the country during extraordinary times. Read more
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Mission Critical Overlord Weather
By Gene J. PfefferOperation Overlord, the cross-Channel attack that hit the Nazi-occupied beaches of Normandy in 1944, was the culmination of a grand strategy adopted early in the war, followed sporadically during the years of conflict, and aimed at defeating Hitler’s Reich by striking directly at Germany by invasion. Read more
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Hemingway Goes Sub Chasing
By Robert E. Cray, Jr.“We are going to have Christ’s own bitter time to win it, if, when, and ever,” commented Ernest Hemingway to his friend and editor, Charles Scribner, at the start of World War II. Read more
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The Abwehr’s Man in Havana
By Peter KrossIn espionage fiction, there are three types of spies. The first is the suave, dapper James Bond, 007, license to kill, a hit with the ladies. Read more
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Spies during the Spanish-American War
By Peter KrossBy the end of the 19th century, the United States had grown into one of the major players on the international stage. Read more
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The Deadly Defector from the USSR
By Todd Avery Raffensperger“I’ve come to you from Moscow. The Central Committee of the Communist Party has ordered your liquidation.” Read more
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How Assassins Got Their Name
by Mark S. LongoHow the Nizari Ismailis came to be known as the Assassins is still the subject of much debate. Read more
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The Confederate Spy Ring: Spreading Terror to the Union
By Peter KrossThe Civil War was fought out in the open on battlefields across the United States. But beginning in early 1864, the highest levels of the Confederate government decided that another, more clandestine war would be fought behind the lines in the North. Read more
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WWII Espionage: Eric Arthur Roberts, Britain’s Quiet Hero
By Michael E. HaskewMany times in war otherwise obscure individuals are called upon to take extreme risks in service to their country, and more often than any casual observer may ever know, the heroic deeds of these individuals remain in the shadows, forgotten footnotes or even totally lost due to the passage of time and the continuing sweep of history. Read more
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Important Women in World War 2: Female Spies
By Patricia McBrideMention spies and most people will think of James Bond or Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible, but most people would struggle to name some notable female spies—apart perhaps from Mata Hari—yet they have always existed. Read more
