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Piercing The Reich

Name: Piercing The Reich
Author: Joseph E. Persico
ISBN: 9780760720868

by J. Persico

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Overview

With the war still raging across Europe in the fall of 1944, the U. S. government made a long-postponed decision to penetrate the heart of the Reich in order to gather intelligence about German defenses. Against the backdrop of mounting Allied casualties and prolonged conflict, author Joseph E. Persico tells the dramatic story of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents who risked their lives behind enemy lines and played a critical role in the war effort. Their goal was to infiltrate the most ruthless police state ever known and gather information at Nazi nerve centers. All the exciting missions are chronicled here: from the ill-fated operation code-named DILLON, which was foiled by a traitor in its midst, to the most daring move of all-the dropping of spies into Berlin itself.

Synopsis

The story of the O.S.S. penetration of Germany to capture Hitler during World War II. Covers previously hidden details of daring OSS heroes who penetrated the heart of history's most ferocious police state.