Undercover Tales of World War II

This is a collection of anecdotes from World War II that centre around spies and clandestine operations by all belligerents. Some examples of stories covered are the Italian midget submarine attack on the British fleet at Cairo, the reason behind the Dieppe Raid and the Japanese spy who watched over Pearl Harbor and relayed ship movements to Japan.

There were many stories that I had not seen before such as the PT Boat assigned to gather sand from Utah Beach days before D-Day, the Messerschmidt 110 loaded with new and secret equipment that accidentally landed in Switzerland and the assassination of a German General who was delaying the surrender of German forces in Italy near the end of the war.

Most articles are a page to two pages in show more length and all are documented with sources so the reader is able to seek out more details if they wish.

This volume is one of series Breuer has written about WW II each based on a theme and all using the same format: short articles based on documented sources. show less