- Hardcover: 298 pages
- Publisher: Greenwood Press (24 Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0275944387
- ISBN-13: 978-0275944384
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,815,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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?In this account of the deception about the timing and locale of the June 1944 Normandy invasion of Europe, there is plotting galore interwined with agents, double agents, code-breakers, intelligence, counterintelligence, camouflage, and diplomacy . . . . Each plan is treated in depth in meticulous style right into the assault waves on Normandy. This is for libraries with a World War II clientele.?-Library Journal
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Despite the mighty invasion force the Americans and British mustered in England in early 1944, a top Allied general warned: "If the Germans have even a 48-hour advance notice of the time and place of the Normandy landings, we could suffer a monstrous catastrophe!" For his part, Adolf Hitler planned to inflict such a massive bloodbath on the invaders that the Allies would agree to a negotiated peace with Nazi Germany. "Hoodwinking Hitler" is the account of a colossal and incredibly intricate deception scheme created and implemented by ingenious and diabolical minds, machinations intended to bamboozle the Germans on true Allied invasion plans. Facets of the global chicanery included electronic spoofing, double agents, diplomatic deceit, whispering campaigns, femmes fatales, camouflage, strategic feints, the French underground, murder plots, phony military installations, misleading bombing raids, sabotage, propaganda, traps, fake codes and kidnap schemes. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies gained total surprise, mostly because of what Winston Churchill called "the greatest hoax in history". But not until two months later, when the Allies broke out of Normandy, did the deception scheme pass into history. By that time, ultimate Allied victory in Europe was assured.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An Excellent Read
27 Dec 2007
Format:Hardcover
This book was actually an assigned text for one of my Naval Postgraduate School courses. I read it while in Fallujah. This is simply a phenomenal book! It reads quickly, is very interesting, and gives the reader an appreciation for how massive the Allied deception campaign was in the months leading up to the invasion of Normandy.
To the reader who gave this book one star, I am not sure anyone, other than Adolf Hitler, will ever know what he did or did not believe. One point that all readers should appreciate is that the author was a private who waded ashore on June 6, 1944 and survived an event without parallel in the European Theater of World War 2. The author has my utmost respect and admiration. Excellent book!
To the reader who gave this book one star, I am not sure anyone, other than Adolf Hitler, will ever know what he did or did not believe. One point that all readers should appreciate is that the author was a private who waded ashore on June 6, 1944 and survived an event without parallel in the European Theater of World War 2. The author has my utmost respect and admiration. Excellent book!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Simply excellent!
13 May 2004
Format:Hardcover
Very well written with a plethora of little-known facts. Breuer uses small chapters constructing the big view of the D-Day deception operations in a fascinating way, making the book to be read like a thriller. No major mistakes are included in the military aspects of the subject (like the commanding officers, the allied and german orders of battle etc.) while a lot of interesting information is presented in a marvellous way. Especially enjoyable are the many interesting details of the personalities involved.
2 of 14 people found the following review helpful
purely fictional entertainment
25 Aug 2004
Format:Hardcover
This book is just another attempt at selling interesting sounding ,far-fetched assertations.They are many gross mistakes not only in the text,but also in the illustration captions.For instance,one of his captions claims that hitler predicted the Normandy landing at Pas decalais,instead of Normandy.The fact is hitler did indead predict Normandy,while others did not share in his view.Also,a Skorzeny attempt at killing Roosevelt.Hoodwinking hitler makes a great fictional novel based on real people,but it's research and historical accuracy lack.
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