The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed

By William B. Breuer

Subjects: History, World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, Deception, World War, 1939-1945, Nonfiction, Underground movements, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Military intelligence, Military, Miscellanea, World war, 1939-1945, miscellanea, Weltkrieg, War Underground movements, World war, 1939-1945, military intelligence

Description: 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...