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Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation POSTMASTER: The Top Secret Stor... by Brian Lett
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- EAN
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- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Ian Fleming and Soe's Operation Postmaster : the Top Secret Story Behind 007
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Mystery & Detective, World / European, Military
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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The untold story of a daring and successful WW2 SOE operation. This is a true story of a force of 'licensed to kill' secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based. Brigadier Colin Gubbins was M, the Special Operations Executive was his Secret Service, Professor Dudley Newitt was Q and Captain Gus March-Phillips commanded 'Maid of Honor Force', the team of 'James Bonds' who, in a daring operation, sailed a Q ship to West Africa and stole three enemy ships from a neutral Spanish port on the volcanic island of Fernando Po. Ian Fleming worked closely with M to oil the wheels that made the operation possible, and prepared the cover story, in which the British Government lied in order to conceal British responsibility for the raid. M's agents prepared the ground on Fernando Po, even enmeshing the Governor in a honey trap. March-Phillips and his team carried out the raid successfully in January 1942, despite much opposition from the local regular Army and Navy commanders, and in the face of overwhelming odds. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Fleming's lies on the international stage, denying any British complicity in the operation. As a result, a secrecy embargo enveloped Operation POSTMASTER until recently. The author, an experienced criminal QC, proves beyond doubt that this thrilling operation, and the men who carried it out, were the inspiration for Fleming's James Bond.
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Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1781590001
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9781781590003
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Ian Fleming and Soe's Operation Postmaster : the Top Secret Story Behind 007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Mystery & Detective, World / European, Military
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
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D756.5
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...goes into the planning, execution, and the personalities which made this operation a success and paved the road for the SOE's continued existence., The Top Secret Story Behind 007 by Brian Lett goes into the planning, execution, and the personalities which made this operation a success and paved the road for the SOE's continued existence., ...a rather detailed, readable, and often amusing look at a remarkable mission, and offers some valuable insights not only into special operations but also the mind and method of one of the most successful authors of the mid-twentieth century.|9781781590003|
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2012
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2012-464742
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