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, here is a collection of 70 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.
This book draws on personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, as well as the vast literature on WWII.
