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The Walls Have Ears

The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II

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The Walls Have Ears

Von: Helen Fry
Gesprochen von: 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. Europa Großbritannien Krieg & Militär Militär Neuere Politik & Regierungen Zweiter Weltkrieg
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As mentioned in the titel it would have been a very good book for me, if it was about half as long. But the choice of voice actor has to be criticized: Her pronounciation of the many German words, names and phrases in the book is so bad, that they often aren't even recognisable for a native speaker. I expect better from a pupil after one year of German in school.

Interesting and entertaining, but too streched

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Very interesting insight in the intelligence operations at POW camps conducted in the UK during the Second World War.

But the narrator… didn’t work for me. I can live with the fake German accent. But the locations have sometimes been butchered beyond recognition. E.g. Bad Tölz became Burg Tulz. Wilhelmshaven became Wilhelm-Schafen.

Interesting story, poor narrating job

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