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Double Cross -- The True Story of the D-Day Spies.
Ben Macintyre. Crown Publishing. Available at B&N.
"On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, tricked the Nazis into believing the Allies would attack at Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most successful deception operation ever carried out, ensuring . . . . ."
"... astonishingly low rate of casualties." Well . . . over the first 77 days there were an average of 6,674 a day for the 77 days of the Normandy Campaign. (Pg 6)
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