WE CAUGHT SPIES

by John Schwarzwalder ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 26, 1946

This is the clock and dagger story of the Army Counter Intelligence Corps, from its clumsy, inexperienced beginnings to its development into an efficient, daredevil group of spy-catchers. Major Schwarzwalder started as an enlisted private went to Africa where he sifted rumor, political intrigue, resistance plans,- moved into Italy with the subsequent invasion, to France, and finally in 1945 became chief of the CIC in northern Germany. En route he encountered directly, or through agents, all types of spies, the pro-German Arabs of Africa. Vichy agents, inexperienced Italian girls black-mailed into working for the Germans, the Gestapo's famous Otto Skorzeny who rescued Mussolini. Here are the ""three inside stories"" of the Darlan assassination, the plan to kill Eisenhower, the capture and suicide of Himmler... along with pre-invasion security measures, the refuge of spies and deserters in the red light districts, the screening of Bremen inhabitants by use of the Gestapo files captured intact. A proud, exciting account, with both more substance and detail than the two OSS books which have appeared.

Pub Date: June 26, 1946

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Duell, Sloan & Pearce

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1946

Categories: NONFICTION