The Spy Net
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The Spy Net

The Greatest Intelligence Operations of the First World War

Henry Landau

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The Spy Net

The Greatest Intelligence Operations of the First World War

Henry Landau

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The 'White Lady' spy net stretched across Europe, encompassing more than 1, 000 agents and producing 70 per cent of Allied intelligence on the German forces in the First World War. Through sheer ingenuity, it maintained a staggeringly complex network of spies deep behind enemy lines, who provided vital information on troop movements to and from the Western Front. Its success rested on one man: Henry Landau. Talent-spotted while on a dinner date with one of the secret service's secretaries, Landau left with an exclusive invitation to the service headquarters to meet the legendary 'C' (Mansfield Cumming, the 'chief' of what is now MI6). Fully aware that the man on the other side of the door had a reputation for intimidating his young recruits - such as stabbing his leg without letting on that it was wooden - Landau never expected to be given the daunting task of running La Dame Blanche, nor did he realise how instrumental he would be in helping the Allies turn the tide of the war. Vivid, fast-paced and utterly compelling, The Spy Net is the extraordinary story of the war's most successful intelligence operation, as told by the man who pulled the strings.

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Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
9781849549585
Topic
Política y relaciones internacionales
Subtopic
Inteligencia y espionaje

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER 1: FROM BOER TO BRITON
  6. CHAPTER 2: GETTING TO THE FIRING LINE
  7. CHAPTER 3: I ENTER THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE
  8. CHAPTER 4: VAN BERGEN STARTS MY FIRST ORGANISATION
  9. CHAPTER 5: THE WHITE LADY OF THE HOHENZOLLERNS
  10. CHAPTER 6: MILITARISATION OF THE ‘WHITE LADY’
  11. CHAPTER 7: THE HIRSON PLATOON
  12. CHAPTER 8: THE GERMAN SECRET POLICE — THEIR METHODS AND ORGANISATION
  13. CHAPTER 9: EXPLOITS OF THE CHIMAY COMPANY
  14. CHAPTER 10: THE AFFAIR OF THE VILLA DES HIRONDELLES
  15. CHAPTER 11: LÉON TRULIN — YOUNGEST SPY SHOT DURING THE WAR
  16. CHAPTER 12: THE BISCOPS SERVICE
  17. CHAPTER 13: THE CONNEUX FLYING SQUAD
  18. CHAPTER 14: SIEGBURG — PRISON FOR WOMEN
  19. CHAPTER 15: DESERTERS AND A DAME
  20. CHAPTER 16: SURPRISES OF THE COAST PATROL — THE WIRELESS TORPEDO BOAT
  21. CHAPTER 17: ESPIONAGE, COUNTER-ESPIONAGE AND SPY HYSTERIA
  22. CHAPTER 18: ‘40 OB’
  23. CHAPTER 19: SPY FROM THE SKY
  24. CHAPTER 20: AN ASTOUNDING PROPOSITION FROM THE HAMBURG SOLDIERS’ COUNCIL — AND EXIT THE KAISER
  25. CHAPTER 21: LIQUIDATION OF THE SERVICE
  26. CHAPTER 22: EDITH CAVELL — REFLECTIONS
  27. CHAPTER 23: PASSPORT CONTROL IN GERMANY
  28. CHAPTER 24: YVONNE — AN INTERLUDE
  29. CHAPTER 25: INVESTIGATING WAR WIZARDRY
  30. CHAPTER 26: THE GERMAN SECRET SERVICE MAKES A PROPOSAL
  31. CHAPTER 27: RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
  32. CHAPTER 28: SABOTAGE IN THE USA — BLACK TOM BLOWS UP
  33. CHAPTER 29: THE KINGSLAND FIRE
  34. Copyright
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APA 6 Citation

Landau, H. (2015). The Spy Net ([edition unavailable]). Biteback Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3892490 (Original work published 2015)

Chicago Citation

Landau, Henry. (2015) 2015. The Spy Net. [Edition unavailable]. Biteback Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/3892490.

Harvard Citation

Landau, H. (2015) The Spy Net. [edition unavailable]. Biteback Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3892490 (Accessed: 26 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Landau, Henry. The Spy Net. [edition unavailable]. Biteback Publishing, 2015. Web. 26 June 2024.