{"product_id":"9781785906619","title":"Secret Alliances : Special Operations and Intelligence in Norway 1940-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Insall, Tony, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 28\/04\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 464 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Biteback Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Biteback Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Second World War, Espionage \u0026amp; secret services\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781785906619\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this extraordinary book, historian Tony Insall reveals how some of the most striking achievements of the Norwegian resistance were the detailed reports produced by intelligence agents living in the dangerous conditions of the country's desolate wilderness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA definitive appraisal of Anglo-Norwegian WWII cooperation, Secret Alliances provides remarkable insights into the uniquely close political relationship that afforded powerful assistance for a successful resistance movement. Using previously unpublished archival material from London, Oslo and Moscow, Insall explores how SIS and SOE developed productive links with their Norwegian counterparts - and examines the crucial intelligence from the Security Service and Bletchley Park codebreakers who supported their sabotage operations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffering dramatic details on operations such as GUNNERSIDE - which targeted the heavy water plant in Vemork in order to foil the Nazis' plans to build an atomic bomb - and the sinking of the Tirpitz in November 1944, Secret Alliances is an authoritative new perspective on some of the most remarkable exploits of the Second World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39614165844121,"sku":"9781785906619","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781785906619.jpg?v=1616776837","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781785906619","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}