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The Walls Have Ears
The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
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At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: German prisoners' cells were to be bugged and listeners installed behind the walls to record and transcribe their private conversations. This mission proved so effective that it would go on to be set up at three further sites—and provide the Allies with crucial insight into new technology being developed by the Nazis.
In this astonishing history, Helen Fry uncovers the inner workings of the bugging operation. On arrival at stately-homes-turned-prisons like Trent Park, high-ranking German generals and commanders were given a "phony" interrogation, then treated as "guests," wined and dined at exclusive clubs, and encouraged to talk. And so it was that the Allies got access to some of Hitler's most closely guarded secrets—and from those most entrusted to protect them.
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Release date
September 24, 2019 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593169186
- File size: 336516 KB
- Duration: 11:41:04
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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This audiobook is for fans of history, WWII stories, and tales of real-life ingenuity and cunning. Fans of John le Carr� will also enjoy this account of a top-secret operation to gather intelligence from German prisoners being held by the British. Narrator Jean Gilpin sets just the right tone in telling the almost-forgotten story of how a brilliant British spymaster came up with a plan to bug the rooms where German P.O.W.s were being held. Gilpin easily moves between English and German and maintains just the right level of incredulity and enthusiasm when delivering Fry's finely researched book. J.P.S. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
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