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English
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From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed,...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
413 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of the final great naval battle between England and Spain details General Juan del Águila's attempt to invade Elizabeth I's England, strategist Charles Blount's efforts to redeem himself against charges of treason, and Irish insurgent Hugh O'Neill's final effort to drive the English out of Ireland.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
History reports that the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of Conquistadors, but new evidence is being unearthed that may help rewrite history. Uncovered remains of those who died in battle along with recently discovered documents suggest that even after forming military alliances with thousands of Indian mercenaries, it took the Spanish many years to defeat the Inca Empire.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xx, 367 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique--and macabre--was that the "Major" was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted lifelessly ashore carrying false documents indicating that the Allies were set to launch an attack...
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