A Man Called Intrepid: The Incredible True Story of the Master Spy Who Helped Win World War II
William Stevenson
Language: English
Pages: 542
ISBN: B00HX1K1J4
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The classic real-life story of the superspy whose vast intelligence network helped defeat the Nazis in World War II.
A Man Called Intrepid is the account of the world’s first integrated intelligence operation and of its master, William Stephenson. Codenamed INTREPID by Winston Churchill, Stephenson was charged with establishing—and running—a vast, worldwide intelligence network to challenge the terrifying force of Nazi Germany. Nothing less than the fate of Britain and the free world hung in the balance as INTREPID covertly set about stalling the Nazis by any means necessary.
First published in 1976, A Man Called Intrepid was an immediate bestseller. With over thirty black-and-white photographs and countless World War II secrets, this book revealed startling information that had remained buried for decades. Detailing the infamous “Camp X” training center in Ontario, Canada; the miraculous breaking of the Ultra Code used by the Enigma Machine; and dozens of other stories of clandestine missions, A Man Called Intrepid is an undisputed modern classic.
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at Camp X. He would study plans and photographs, and then duplicate the key points of exit and entry. On these scale models, BSC agents could practice their burglary skills. But Zoltan was more at home in Hollywood. There he reproduced battles, and the cameras made them life-size. His patient and painstaking work at the isolated camp east of Toronto was even more illusionary. It could be destroyed on an order from some unseen authority. And there were no movie producers for Zoltan to bully. “He
intelligence proved as faulty? On August 23, Eisenhower warned the Chiefs of Staff: “It is my opinion that this expedition . . . is not sufficiently powerful to accomplish against the potential opposition . . . the purpose prescribed.” The Casablanca landings struck him as presenting the gravest risks. Divisions of troops would be sailing directly from the United States, unblooded in war, exposed to U-boat attack, many of them unfit for action after riding heavy Atlantic swells, and with the
as in content. I have privately expressed myself to these unnamed individuals and here remind each of my appreciation. No one who served in the secret armies would begrudge special mention of that extraordinary and self-effacing man General Sir Colin Gubbins, who remained characteristically gentle but unswervingly resolute through the bitter years of suffering, and of his Norwegian wife, Tulla, who bore her share of hardship and loss with fortitude. They typify the irregulars—French, British,
secrecy; it is a potential threat to democratic principle and free government. Yet we would delude ourselves if we should forget that secrecy was for a time virtually our only defense. It served not only to achieve victory, but also to save lives in that perilous pursuit. The weapons of secrecy have no place in an ideal world. But we live in a world of undeclared hostilities in which such weapons are constantly used against us and could, unless countered, leave us unprepared again, this time for
being to make peace. It might present to a shattered or a starving nation an almost irresistible case for entire submission to the Nazi will.” Churchill cabled Roosevelt on June 15: THE FATE OF THE BRITISH FLEET WOULD BE DECISIVE ON THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE IF IT WERE JOINED TO THE FLEETS OF JAPAN, FRANCE AND ITALY AND THE GREAT RESOURCES OF GERMAN INDUSTRY, OVERWHELMING SEA POWER WILL BE IN HITLER’S HANDS. . . . IF WE GO DOWN, YOU MAY HAVE A UNITED STATES OF EUROPE UNDER THE NAZI