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Churchill's Wizards

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Description for Churchill's Wizards Paperback. By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 508.

The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn.

By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. They broadcast outrageous British propaganda on pretend German radio stations, broke German secret codes and eavesdropped on their messages. Every German spy in Britain was ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571221967
SKU
V9780571221967
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Nicholas Rankin
Nicholas Rankin spent twenty years broadcasting for BBC World Service where he was Chief Producer and won two UN awards. His first book for Faber, Dead Man's Chest, followed in Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps from Scotland to Samoa and was much enjoyed by Graham Greene. His second, Telegram from Guernica, was a widely praised biography of the groundbreaking war-correspondent and ... Read more

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