A rare treat for World War II history buffs and fans of the strange, absurd, and unexplained Acclaimed military historian William Breuer takes readers on a trip through the looking glass to acquaint them with the weirder side of World War II. Featuring a cast of characters including double- and triple-agents, femme fatales, fearless leaders, and men at arms, The Spy who Spent the War In Bed is a collection of seventy concise, vividly rendered tales of war, ranging from laugh-out-loud funny, to inspiring, to just-plain-bizarre. For instance, there's the one about how reputed Irish Republican Army members in New York conned Nazi intelligence out of a small fortune. There's also a thrilling account of how four American newsmen bagged an entire German platoon. And there's the haunting tale of the "Mystery Plane," an experimental aircraft that took off on a short test flight over England one sunny afternoon in 1938 and simply vanished into a cloudless summer sky. This book draws on personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, as well as the vast literature on World War II.

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Breuer, William B.

Jossey-Bass, Incorporated Publishers

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Turner Publishing Company

WILEY COMPUTING Publisher

Trade Paper Press

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (trade), Hoboken, NJ, 2003

United States, United States of America

New York, New York State, 2003

April 3, 2003

Hoboken, 2011

1, PT, 2003

до 2011-01

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Presents 140 Stories Based On Interviews, Archives, And Declassified Documents That Tell Of Some Of The Offbeat Incidents That Occurred During World War Ii. Part One: A Rocky Road To War: Amazing Encounter At Pier 66 ; A British Mystery Plane Vanishes ; A One-man Espionage Apparatus ; Recruting Crossword Puzzle Geniuses ; New York's Ira Hoodwinks Spymaster ; Stalking A Soviet Defector ; Two Spies Roam British Ports ; Stealing Secrets By Mail ; Simple Simon Trips Himself Up ; A Taxi Ignores Theory ; The Ira Bilks And Abwehr ; Clash Of Two Top Nazis ; Hitler's Pipeline Into Washington ; A Senator Helps German Spy ; A Peculiar River Crossing ; Dame Fate Saves General Rommel ; Going In Style To A Pow Camp ; Clanging Bells Rock Germany ; Did Premier's Mistress Influence Surrender? Venus De Milo Fools Germans --^ Part Two: The Allies' Hours Of Crisis: Mission Nazify A Conquered Nation ; Curfew For Dutch Dogs And Ducks ; Wild Schemes For Saving England ; Curious Duel In British Skies ; A German Pilot's Unlikely Captor ; The Royal Navy's Invisible Ship ; Hitler's Plot To Murder Franco ; A Cleaning Woman Foils Hitler ; The Battle Of The Birds ; Roosevelt In A Shouting Match ; Democracy In A Battlefield Hospital ; Strange Means For Urgent Warning ; A History-making Encounter ; A Dedicated Blood-bank Volunteer ; The Spymaster's Peculiar Scheme ; A Pursuit Of Bugs And Lice ; A Cantankerous Torpedo ; Curious Death Of A German Bigwig ; Ernest Hemingway Stalks U-boats ; Fluke Saves A British Fleet ; The War's Craziest Wedding Scenario ; Two Wacs On A Secret Mission ; Strange Place For Royal Jewels --^ Part Three: The Tide Starts To Turn: Navajo Code-talkers Ignite Panic ; Adolf Hitler Plays Santa Claus ; Purple Heart Stripped From Sailor ; Saga Of Top-secret Maps ; Eisenhower Aide Helps Trick Germans ; The General's Pants Go Awol ; Mystery Of The Vanishing Report ; Hostile Horsemen Chase Airplane ; A Dead Sergeant Walks Away ; A Tank Commander's Close Call ; Espionage In The Vatican ; Oss Agent's Hidden Bribes ; An Unlikely Spy Scores Coup ; Eisenhower Disclosure Stuns Reporters ; An Horrendous Bombing Error Pays Off ; Freak Encounter In No-man's Land ; A Mule-borne Commander ; The Captain Refused To Be Killed ; Two Gis Beat Patton To Goal ; Prescriptions For The Lady Spy ; Huge Bonus For A Jungle Spy ; The Madame Was A Secret Agent ; A Movie Fan On Bougainville ; A Gi Carries His Eyeball --^ Part Four: Beginning Of The End: An Odd Place For Spying ; Hitler's Creatures At Anzio ; American Spymaster Shocks London ; Exciting Races On A Beachhead ; A Social Visit To The Enemy ; The Spy Spent The War In Bed ; Secret Agent Saved By A Blacksmith ; A Bomb Explodes Too Late ; An Ingenious Escape Artist ; A Prophetic German Cook ; Gods Smile On Teddy Roosevelt ; Dont't Worry, I'll Shoot You First! An Enemy Saves Father Sam ; Firefighters Center Of Attention ; The Mess Sergeant Was A Lady ; Massacre In The Wrong Village ; A General Turned Fire Chief ; The Great Soap Bubble Scheme ; A Triumph For Two Oss Men ; Four Newsmen Bag A German Platoon ; German Shootout Among Themselves ; Ordeal For Missing Twins ; Parachute Pack Saves Trooper ; Drone Boats Go Berserk ; Am I Having Hallucinations? A Doctor Captures German Hospital ; A Colonel's Unique Uniform --^ Part Five: Allied Road To Victory: Banzai Charge In A Pow Camp ; A Nazi Zealot Obeys His Führer ; Miracle Saves Woman Spy's Life ; The War's Unexplained Mystery ; Dutch Boys Capture Nine Germans ; Luck Runs Out For The Blue Goose ; Baby Patrol In Mo-man's-land ; Providence Saves A Polish Spy ; The Choirboys Plot To Doom Hitler ; Kidnapping A 30-ton Tank ; A Hero Resigns From The Navy ; A Jeep Bonanza For Scarface Otto ; A Peculiar Reception Committee ; Hitler Humbles His Generals ; History Repeats For German Colonel ; A Jinxed Town In Belgium ; A French Woman Halts The Panzers ; Hex By A Lieutenant's Pal ; A Fluke Halts Eisenhower Trip ; A Gi Division Of Thieves ; The Miracle Of Wiltz ; Unique Distinction For A Survivor ; Digging Up A Revered German Hero ; An Unlikely Battlefield Hero --^ Part Six: A Shaky World Peace: Amazing Scenario In Manila ; Death Stalks A Navy Pilot ; Shootout At A Boxcar ; Macarthur Recaptures His Home ; Offering Up A Bonfire Of Money ; A Tommy-gunning Pilot ; God's Smile On German General ; A Tail Gunner's Miraculous Survival ; Curious Incident In A Command Post ; Hoax To Seize A Rhine Bridge ; Churchill Consecrates The Siegfried Line ; An Airman Dodges Certain Death ; Pilot's Prayer Gets Results ; Glider Used As A Weapon ; His Masseur Coerces Himmler ; A Surrender-by-telephone Tactic ; Kidnapping Polish Underground Leaders ; El Darbo's Charmed Life ; Air Dogfight With Pistols ; Comic Opera In The Bavarian Alps ; Collaring A Nazi Bigwig ; Peculiar Capture Of An Ss Colonel ; Stalin's Son In Strange Mission ; A Scheme To Blow Up Japan ; Odd Interlude On A Train ; A Soldier's Thirty-year War William B. Breuer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

A rare treat for World War II history buffs and fans of the strange, absurd, and unexplained Acclaimed military historian William Breuer takes readers on a trip through the looking glass to acquaint them with the weirder side of World War II. Featuring a cast of characters including double- and triple-agents, femme fatales, fearless leaders, and men at arms, The Spy who Spent the War In Bed is a collection of seventy concise, vividly rendered tales of war, ranging from laugh-out-loud funny, to inspiring, to just-plain-bizarre. For instance, there's the one about how reputed Irish Republican Army members in New York conned Nazi intelligence out of a small fortune. There's also a thrilling account of how four American newsmen bagged an entire German platoon. And there's the haunting tale of the "Mystery Plane," an experimental aircraft that took off on a short test flight over England one sunny afternoon in 1938 and simply vanished into a cloudless summer sky. This book draws on personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, as well as the vast literature on World War II.

2011-06-04