Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 218 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813138949
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0813125014
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0813173027
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9780813138947
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9780813125015
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9780813173023
Inhalt:
At the beginning of World War II, Heinz August Lüning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. Lüning's assignment was to collect information about the United States and its allies and report back to Abwehr, the German foreign intelligence agency. The Caribbean waters Lüning monitored were important to the Allies both for shipping and for deploying ships between the various fronts. Despite some early setbacks, Lüning provided information on naval activities to the Germans. Ultimately, however, Lüning was arrested and became the only Nazi spy executed in Latin A
Inhalt:
Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms/Glossary; Introduction; 1. A Troubled Life; 2. The World He Scarcely Knew; 3. Back to School! Trained as a Nazi Spy; 4. Tested in Action; 5. Failure and Fatality; Photo insert; 6. Their Man in Havana; 7. Graham Greene's Man in Havana; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Schoonover, Thomas David, 1936- Hitler's man in Havana Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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Mehr zum Autor:
Schoonover, Thomas D. 1936-
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