German Anti-Nazi Espionage in the Second World War - The Oss and the Men of the Tool Missions

List of contents

List of figures
Preface
Historical background
1 The HAMMER mission and the GRU
2 Mission into Landshut : The triumph of the PICKAXE mission
3 Gone too soon : The courageous life and tragic death of Kurt Gruber
4 Still missing : The story of Werner Fischer and the ill-fated BUZZSAW mission
5 Confl ict of loyalties : The MALLET mission and Adolph Buchholz
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendices
Index

About the author

Jonathan S. Gould is a former New York City schoolteacher and curriculum writer. He is now an attorney admitted to practice law in the federal and state courts of New York specializing in commercial litigation.

Summary

This book tells the dramatic story of the recruitment and training of a group of German communist exiles by the London office of the Office of Strategic Services for key spy missions into Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Gould, Jonathan S. Gould
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138610736
• ISBN: 978-1-138-61073-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Focus on the History of Conflict; Routledge Focus on the History of Conflict
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, HISTORY / General, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Diplomacy, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Russia / General