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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.

©2019 Helen Fry (P)2019 Random House Audio 20th Century Europe Freedom & Security Great Britain Intelligence & Espionage Military Modern Politics & Government Wars & Conflicts World War II Espionage England War Interwar Period Imperialism United Kingdom
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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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