Double Cross

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies (2012) by Ben Macintyre. This book tells the interesting story of a group of British double spies in the 1940s who were intended to fool the Nazis into thinking the D-Day landings would take place at the  Pas de Calais instead of on the beaches of Normandy. The author is fond of using the spies' code names at times, their real names at other times, and I found this a bit confusing; it detracted from my pleasure in reading the book. At the end, I was not convinced that the group of spies had really done their job. Hitler was indeed convinced that the landings would take place at the Pas de Calais, but whether these spies were instrumental in making him believe this is an open question. Still, a moderately interesting book. Grade: B