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The Walls Have Ears

The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II

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The Walls Have Ears

By: Helen Fry
Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
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A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets

At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: German prisoners' cells were to be bugged and listeners installed behind the walls to record and transcribe their private conversations. This mission proved so effective that it would go on to be set up at three further sites--and provide the Allies with crucial insight into new technology being developed by the Nazis.

In this astonishing history, Helen Fry uncovers the inner workings of the bugging operation. On arrival at stately-homes-turned-prisons like Trent Park, high-ranking German generals and commanders were given a "phony" interrogation, then treated as "guests," wined and dined at exclusive clubs, and encouraged to talk. And so it was that the Allies got access to some of Hitler's most closely guarded secrets--and from those most entrusted to protect them. Biographies & Memoirs Military & War World War II Intelligence & Espionage 20th Century United Kingdom Wars & Conflicts Great Britain Military Europe England War Espionage Modern Freedom & Security Politics & Government Interwar Period Imperialism
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interesting to see how information was so easily gotten during the war.
I didn't like the reader's use of a fake German accent. But other then that it is a good listen.

inresting look into a secret world.

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The story is interesting, but the reader is unable to pronounce German intelligibly. This detracts considerably from the listening experience.

Terrible accent mars interesting story

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