This is the incredible untold story of four women who helped win World
War II by generating a wave of black propaganda. Betty MacDonald was a
28-year-old reporter from Hawaii. Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny
Czechoslovakian village and knew five languages by the time she was
21. Jane Smith-Hutton was the wife of a naval attaché living in
Tokyo. Marlene Dietrich, the German-American actress and singer, was
one of the biggest stars of the 20th century. These four women, each
fascinating in her own right, together contributed to one of the most
covert and successful military campaigns in WWII. Members of the
Office of Strategic Services, their task was to create a secret brand
of propaganda produced with the sole aim to break the morale of Axis
soldiers. Working in Europe, across enemy lines in occupied China and
in Washington D.C., Betty, Zuzka, Jane and Marlene forged letters and
'official' military orders, wrote and produced entire newspapers,
scripted radio broadcasts and songs and even developed rumours for
undercover spies and double agents to spread to the enemy. And outside
of a small group of spies, no one knew they existed. Until now.
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The Secret Women of World War II Intelligence
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781804441688
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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