Audacious Missions of World War II

Winning World War 2 was about more than military force. It required guile, and tremendous acts of bravery by Special Forces and intelligence operatives who had the odds stacked against them. Using hundreds of documents and images from "The National Archives", including some that have never been seen in print before, this book reveals some of World War 2's most audacious missions. These include Operation "Anthropoid", the plot to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich in Czechoslovakia in 1942, Operation "Chariot", the attempt to damage the mighty German warship "Tirpitz" while she was in dock in St. Nazaire in France; and Operation "Mincemeat", a complex plot whereby a corpse, replete with documentation designed to mislead the enemy, was dropped in southern Spain to spread misinformation.

These include Operation Anthropoid, the assassination attempt on SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Czechoslovakia in 1942; Operation Chariot, the attempt to sink the mighty German battleship Tirpitz in the harbour of St Nazaire in France; and Operation Mincemeat, a complex conspiracy in which a corpse was dumped in southern Spain with numerous documents intended to mislead the enemy in order to spread misinformation.