
'A' Force
The Origins of British Deception During the Second World War
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"A" Force explores an area of World War II deception history that has often been neglected. While older studies have focused on the D-day deception campaign and Britain's infamous double-agents, this work explores the origins of Britain's deception activities to reveal how the British became such masterful deceivers. This is the first work to focus exclusively on "A" Force and the origins of British deception, examining how and why the British first employed deception in World War II. More specifically, it traces the development of the "A" Force organization - the first British organization to practice both tactical and strategic deception in the field.
Formed in Cairo in 1941, "A" Force was headed by an unconventional British colonel named Dudley Wrangel Clarke. Because there was no precedent for Clarke's "A" Force, it truly functioned on a trial-and-error basis. The learning curve was steep, but Clarke was up for the challenge. By the Battle of El Alamein, British deception had reached maturity. Moreover, it was there that the "deceptionists" established the deception blueprint later used by the London planners to plan and execute Operation Bodyguard, the campaign to conceal Allied intentions for the D-Day landing at Normandy. In contrast to earlier deception histories that have tended to focus on Britain's later efforts emphasizing Operation Bodyguard, this work clearly shows that this strategy was forged much earlier in the deserts of Africa under the leadership of Dudley Clarke, not in London. Moreover, it was born not out of opportunity, but out of sheer desperation, when in June 1940 the British found themselves completely unprepared for war.
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In just four weeks in the summer of 1941 the German Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on four Soviet armies, conquering central Ukraine and killing or capturing three quarters of a million men. This was the Battle of Kiev - one of the largest and most decisive battles of World War II and, for Hitler and Stalin, a battle of crucial importance. For the first time, David Stahel charts the battle's dramatic course and aftermath.
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The book you must read on Hitler's War with Russia
- De Kindle Customer en 05-28-19
De: David Stahel
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When Titans Clashed
- How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
- De: David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
- Narrado por: James Romick
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
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Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.
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The largest conflict in human history
- De Eddie en 05-15-22
De: David M. Glantz, y otros
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Collision of Empires
- The War on the Eastern Front in 1914
- De: Prit Buttar
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 21 h y 25 m
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The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes between three towering empires - Russia, Austro-Hungary, and Germany - remains a comparatively unknown facet of the Great War. With the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the war in 2014, Collision of Empires is a timely expose of the bitter fighting on this forgotten front - a clash that would ultimately change the face of Europe forever.
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Best book non-fiction book ever on the Eastern Front in 1914
- De HistoricalReader en 01-31-18
De: Prit Buttar
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Hitler's Soldiers
- The German Army in the Third Reich
- De: Ben H. Shepherd
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 26 h y 38 m
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For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine. Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources and recent scholarship to convey a much darker, more complex picture. For the first time, the German army is examined throughout the Second World War, across all combat theaters and occupied regions, and from multiple perspectives: its battle performance, social composition, relationship with the Nazi state, and involvement in war crimes and occupation.
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Thorough and scholarly
- De Mary A. en 03-23-18
De: Ben H. Shepherd
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Case Red
- The Collapse of France
- De: Robert Forczyk
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
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Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then engaging a tough defense along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St. Nazaire. Case Red captures the drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940.
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Not Forczyk's best offering
- De S.C. James en 01-30-18
De: Robert Forczyk
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Hell to Pay
- Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947
- De: D. M. Giangreco
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
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U.S. planning for the invasion and military occupation of Imperial Japan began two years before the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hell to Pay brings to light the political and military ramifications of the enormous casualties and loss of material projected by both sides in the climatic struggle to bring the Pacific War to a conclusion through a brutal series of battles on Japanese soil.
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This is a good piece of history.
- De David en 08-09-14
De: D. M. Giangreco
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The Drive on Moscow, 1941
- Operation Taifun and Germany’s First Great Crisis of World War II
- De: Niklas Zetterling, Anders Frankson
- Narrado por: Dave Courvoisier
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders.
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Add the maps, lose the accents
- De Carrick en 07-03-14
De: Niklas Zetterling, y otros
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When Britain Saved the West
- The Story of 1940
- De: Robin Prior
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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From the comfortable distance of seven decades, it is quite easy to view the victory of the Allies over Hitler's Germany as inevitable. But in 1940 Great Britain's defeat loomed perilously close, and no other nation stepped up to confront the Nazi threat. In this cogently argued book, Robin Prior delves into the documents of the time - war diaries, combat reports, Home Security's daily files, and much more - to uncover how Britain endured a year of menacing crises.
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Very detailed; a bit dry in spots
- De No en 09-07-15
De: Robin Prior
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Haig's Enemy
- Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front
- De: Jonathan Boff
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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During the First World War, the British army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Commanding more than a million men as a General, and then Field Marshal, in the Imperial German Army, he held off the attacks of the British Expeditionary Force under Sir John French and then Sir Douglas Haig for four long years. But Rupprecht was to lose not only the war, but his son and his throne. In Haig's Enemy, Jonathan Boff explores the tragic tale of Rupprecht's war - the story of a man caught under the wheels of modern industrial warfare.
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Insightful look inside dysfunctional WW1 Germany
- De J.Brock en 11-04-19
De: Jonathan Boff
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Deathride
- Hitler vs. Stalin: The Eastern Front, 1941-1945
- De: John Mosier
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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John Mosier presents a revisionist retelling of the war on the Eastern Front. The conventional wisdom is that Hitler was mad to think he could defeat the USSR, because of its vast size and population, and that the Battle of Stalingrad marked the turning point of the war. Neither statement is accurate, says Mosier; Hitler came very close to winning outright.
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Speaking the un-speakable
- De Jonathan Gardner en 09-27-10
De: John Mosier
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A Better War
- The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam
- De: Lewis Sorley
- Narrado por: Basil Sands
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing on authoritative materials not previously available, including thousands of hours of tape-recorded allied councils of war, award-winning military historian Lewis Sorley has given us what has long been needed - an insightful, factual, and superbly documented history of these important years.
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A thought-provoking history of the war 68-75
- De Rodney W. Schmisseur en 02-05-14
De: Lewis Sorley
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America at War
- Concise Histories of U.S. Military Conflicts from Lexington to Afghanistan
- De: Terence T. Finn
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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War-organized violence against an enemy of the state-seems part and parcel of the American journey. Indeed, the United States was established by means of violence as ordinary citizens from New Hampshire to Georgia answered George Washington's call to arms. Since then, war has become a staple of American history. Counting the War for Independence, the United States has fought the armed forces of other nations at least twelve times, averaging a major conflict every twenty years.
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Remember the past
- De Mary en 12-13-23
De: Terence T. Finn
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Marshall and His Generals
- U.S. Army Commanders in World War II
- De: Stephen R. Taaffe
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 17 h y 1 m
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General George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the US Army during World War II, faced the daunting task not only of overseeing two theaters of a global conflict but also of selecting the best generals to carry out American grand strategy. Marshall and His Generals is the first and only book to focus entirely on that selection process and the performances, both stellar and disappointing, that followed from it. Stephen Taaffe explores how and why Marshall selected the Army's commanders.
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Marshall's Black Book
- De Jean en 12-18-17
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre 'A' Force
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- Daniel
- 10-15-21
really interesting and informative, but repetitive
the book is good, but not very tight. it's quite repetitive at times. because of that, sometimes you want to say "yeah yeah you told me already"
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- Ian
- 01-30-14
Not what it could be.
This should have been a fascinating exploration of the techniques and methods used in this interesting and important aspect of the second world war, and by extension war more generally. But it isn't. It expends too much effort on who did what and when they did it and not enough on what they did.
The narration is OK and the details are vaguely interesting but the trick is missed.
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- Darren Harrison
- 10-22-15
A missed opportunity with many details missing
If anyone wants to read of some of the most fascinating deceptions in WWII, such as moving an entire city and making the Suez Canal invisible, they should read the "War Magician" which details the efforts of a professional conjurer who was a member of A Force. I was surprised that he was never mentioned in this book which I feel is a serious deficiency. The narration was capable but in concentrating on the head of A Force , the book seems lacking and selective,
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