Author : Peter Dowding
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 139905547X
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowding helped exfiltrate hundreds of Allied servicemen from occupied France and paid the ultimate price. He was beheaded by the Nazis just after his 29th birthday in 1943.
Author : Peter Dowding
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781399055437
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowding helped exfiltrate hundreds of Allied servicemen from occupied France and paid the ultimate price. He was beheaded by the Nazis just after his 29th birthday in 1943.
Author : Kevin Fulton
Publisher : Blake Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,82 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781844545520
Kevin Fulton is the only double agent to have infiltrated the upper echelons of the Provisional IRA. No known spy has spent longer within the organisation or risen higher in its ranks than Kevin. So highly was he thought of by the IRA leaders that they made him a member of their feared internal police. This book tells his story.
Author : Stephan Talty
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 38,38 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0547614810
Describes the life of Juan Pujol, a poultry farmer who opposed the Nazis and concocted a series of staggering lies that lead to his becoming one of Germany's most valued spies, while actually acting as a double-agent for the Allies.
Author : Don Mitchell
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 054593656X
The Lady Is a Spy is the audacious and riveting true story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest spy and unsung hero, brought to vivid life by acclaimed author Don Mitchell. When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France.In a country divided by freedom and fascism, Virginia was determined to do her part for the Allies. An ordinary woman from Baltimore, MD, she dove into the action, first joining a French ambulance unit and later becoming an undercover agent for the British Office of Strategic Services. Working as part of the intelligence network, she made her way to Vichy, coordinating Resistance movements, sabotaging the Nazis, and rescuing Allied soldiers. She passed in plain sight of the enemy, and soon found herself at the top of their most wanted list. But Virginia cleverly evaded discovery and death, often through bold feats and daring escapes. Her covert operations, capture of Nazi soldiers, and risky work as a wireless telegraph operator greatly contributed to the Allies' eventual win.
Author : Clodagh Finn
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,1 MB
Release : 2024-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0717191362
'You simply couldn't stand by with your arms folded.' These were the words of Samuel Beckett who famously returned to France from a holiday in Ireland when World War II broke out. His clandestine work against the Nazi occupation of Europe is well documented, but there were many other ordinary Irish people who joined the underground network. Some took up arms. Others gathered intelligence, sheltered fugitives, committed acts of sabotage or broke codes. This new history tells the stories of those forgotten Irish men and women. Discover Captain John Keany from Cork, who parachuted into occupied Italy to help the local Resistance; Margaret Kelly, the Dublin founder of the world-famous Bluebell Girls cabaret troupe in Paris, who hid her Jewish husband; and Catherine Crean, the Irish governess born on Moore Street, Dublin, who was sent to a concentration camp for helping Allied airmen in Belgium. These, and many more stories, span the course of World War II and remind us of the power of individuals to make a difference. 'An eye-opening account of how ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations helped to fight the Nazis' David McCullagh 'A truly important and groundbreaking book' Mary Kenny
Author : Peter Duffy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1451667957
An account of a virtually unknown pre-World War II counterespionage operation describes how naturalized German-American agent William G. Sebold became the FBI's first double agent and was a pivotal figure in the arrests of 33 enemy agents for the Nazis.
Author : Kevin Fulton
Publisher : Blake Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Early on a Saturday morning in August 1998, a car was parked in Omagh's hightreet. By the afternoon, the pavements had filled with shoppers, and thenxplosives packed inside the vehicle detonated. The force of the blast blewabies across the street, and tore the limbs from children. One body wasdentified only by its fingerprints. It was the worst single atrocity of theroubles. Only it could have been avoided. Kevin Fulton had infiltrated theRA. When news came to him of the planned attack, he handed the informationn to his handlers. It was ignored. This is just one of the revelations inhis, the most significant book ever to be published about the ongoing war inorthern Ireland. Unsung Hero is a nail-biting, controversial and explosiveook; it will profoundly change the way the Troubles are viewed, and it willause a stir in the highest echelons of government.
Author : Kevin Fulton
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 23,61 MB
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1789462002
'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm saving lives. I'm a British soldier and I'm saving lives..."' Kevin Fulton was one of the British Army's most successful intelligence agents. Having been recruited to infiltrate the Provisional IRA at the height of The Troubles, he rose its ranks to an unprecedented level. Living and working undercover, he had no option other than to take part in heinous criminal activities, including the production of bombs which he knew would later kill. So highly was he valued by IRA leaders that he was promoted to serve in its infamous internal police - ironically, his job was now to root out and kill informers. Until one day in 1994, when it all went wrong. . . Fleeing Northern Ireland, Kevin was abandoned by the security services he had served so courageously and left to live as a fugitive. The life of a double agent requires constant vigilance, for danger is always just a heartbeat away. For a double agent within the highest ranks of the IRA, that danger was doubled. In this remarkable account, Kevin Fulton - former intelligence agent, ex-member of the IRA - tells a truth that is as uncomfortable as it is gripping.
Author : Ken Spillman
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 32,77 MB
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9353056950
Sitting in class or watching clouds from the roof of Kwality Carpets, Dev's flights of fancy land him in challenging environments all over the globe. He brings home notes from his teacher so regularly that Amma only rolls her eyes as she fishes them from his satchel. Baba says that if there were medals for daydreaming, Dev would be an All-India Champion-maybe even an Olympic hero. These action-packed stories transport the reader to three iconic locations, each one testing Dev's survival skills while teaching him to respect environments and cultures that seem alien to him. Follow Dev as he accompanies the ghost of a Sherpa woman on a quest to conquer Mount Everest. Ride with Dev as he traces the Amazon River, which proves much more difficult than going with the flow! Join Dev and his pal OP as they set out from Timbuktu to cross the Sahara on malodorous camels. For Dev and his colourful imagination, it's Access All Areas and No Holds Barred.
