Double Cross in Cairo
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Double Cross in Cairo

The True Story of the Spy Who Turned the Tide of War in the Middle East

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Double Cross in Cairo

The True Story of the Spy Who Turned the Tide of War in the Middle East

About this book

As part of the infamous Double Cross operation, Jewish double agent Renato Levi proved to be one of the Allies' most devastating weapons in World War Two. ln 1941, with the help of Ml6, Levi built an extensive spy-ring in North Africa and the Middle East. But, most remarkably, it was entirely fictitious. This network of imagined informants peddled dangerously false misinformation to Levi's unwitting German handlers. His efforts would distort any enemy estimates of Allied battle plans for the remainder of the war. His communications were infused with just enough truth to be palatable, and just enough imagination to make them irresistible. ln a vacuum of seemingly trustworthy sources, Levi's enemies not only believed in the CHEESE network, as it was codenamed, but they came to depend upon it. And, by the war's conclusion, he could boast of having helped the Allies thwart Rommel in North Africa, as well as diverting whole armies from the D-Day landing sites. He wielded great influence and, as a double agent, he was unrivalled. Until now, Levi's devilish deceptions and feats of derring-do have remained completely hidden. Using recently declassified fi les, Double Cross in Cairo uncovers the heroic exploits of one of the Second World War's most closely guarded secrets.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Glossary
  6. Dramatis Personae
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Renato’s Tale
  9. Chapter 2: SIME
  10. Chapter 3: Rommel’s Intelligence
  11. Chapter 4: The Cheese Network
  12. Chapter 5: Operation Hatry
  13. Chapter 6: 1943
  14. Chapter 7: 1944
  15. Chapter 8: Plan Jacobite
  16. Chapter 9: Max and Moritz
  17. Chapter 10: Finale
  18. Appendix 1: Cipher Devised for Cheese
  19. Appendix 2: Allied Order-of-Battle Inventions
  20. Chronology
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. About the Author
  24. Also by Nigel West
  25. Copyright
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