Don't Double Cross Me: The Spies Who Made D-Day A Success

I find espionage a fascinating topic whether in real life or in Bond films. Of course, in real life the suspense and amazement is greater because you know it isn't a game-at least, not one you want to lose. The fact that the D-Day invasion was successful is astounding given the difficulty of keeping the operation secret and the multiple close calls when the secret almost got out. There's an interesting story about the codenames for some of the beaches finding their way into a newspaper crossword puzzle several months before the invasion.

Well, Ben Macintyre's book looks very interesting to me and in the video below explains what the book is about with passion and excitement. I only hope that his book is as well written. Macintyre focuses on the work that MI-5 did to keep the operation a secret, especially by tricking the Germans into believing that the invasion would happen at Pas de Calais. The reason why they were able to deceive the Germans was because they were certain that Patton would lead the invasion and so a fictitious army of plastic tanks, planes, vehicles, and other equipment was constructed in order to make it look so. For weeks after the landing the Germans still were convinced that the real invasion was yet to come. Macintyre has written a couple of books on espionage and seems to have a knack for it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/historybookreviews/9183328/Double-Cross-by-Ben-Macintyre-review.html