This is the story of the men who fought the shadow-war - the British Intelligence operations of World War II which took place in Nazi Germany. British and American spymasters fought their battle for Twelveland—the code name for the Third Reich—within National Socialist Germany. These intelligence agents, the "eyes and ears" of their governments, outwitted their enemies, the Abwehr, and finally brought about the surrender of the German army. It goes without saying that a secret service should wish to remain secret; many of the spies of that era went on to hold responsible positions in the post-war world. But Charles Whiting dug deep and persuaded many participants from both sides of the "war in the shadows" to reveal their roles in this extraordinary duel of wits, and unearthed the stories of men who are no longer alive, including: Sidney Cotton, who perfected techniques of aerial photography, a forerunner of the satellite spies that are over our heads right now. William Stephenson, "the quiet Canadian," undefeated heavyweight boxer and founding father of the CIA. Admiral Canaris, ex-lover of Mata Hari and probably the only man in history to be "of two minds" about Hitler. And many more… These extraordinary intelligence exploits are revealed for the first time in this true story of "the war within the war." "I believe this book will rank with The Double XX and The Ultra Secret in providing a true picture of the extent to which Intelligence contributed to the defeat of the Nazis." - Frederick Winterbotham, 'Zero C' in the war. CHARLES WHITING was born in York, England, in 1926 and is well known in Britain for his books on World War II. He has worked with the U.S. Air Force and has taught literature and German studies. His books include 'Hitler's Secret War', 'Werewolf' and 'Monty's Greatest Victory'. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
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Charles Whiting was a British writer and military historian and with some 350 books of fiction and non-fiction to his credit, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms including Ian Harding, Duncan Harding, K.N. Kostov, John Kerrigan, Klaus Konrad, and Leo Kessler. Born in the Bootham area of York, England, he was a pupil at the prestigious Nunthorpe Grammar School, leaving at the age of 16 to join the British Army by lying about his age. Keen to be in on the wartime action, Whiting was attached to the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment and by the age of 18 saw duty as a sergeant in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany in the latter stages of World War II. While still a soldier, he observed conflicts between the highest-ranking British and American generals which he would write about extensively in later years. After the war, he stayed on in Germany completing his A-levels via correspondence course and teaching English before being enrolled at Leeds University reading History and German Language. As an undergraduate he was afforded opportunities for study at several European universities and, after gaining his degree, would go on to become an assistant professor of history. Elsewhere, Whiting held a variety of jobs which included working as a translator for a German chemical factory and spells as a publicist, a correspondent for The Times and feature writer for such diverse magazines as International Review of Linguistics, Soldier and Playboy. His first novel was written while still an undergraduate, was published in 1954 and by 1958 had been followed by three wartime thrillers. Between 1960 and 2007 Charles went on to write over 350 titles, including 70 non-fiction titles covering varied topics from the Nazi intelligence service to British Regiments during World War II. One of his publishers, Easingwold-based Rupert Smith of GH Smith & Son said he was a quiet man and prolific writer. "He's one of a band of forgotten authors because he sold millions of copies and still, up to his death was doing publishing deals.He was the kind of man who was very self-effacing, one of Britain's forgotten authors, still working at 80 years of age, with his nose down and kicking out books." Charles Henry Whiting, author and military historian died on July 24 2007, leaving his wife and son.
