Fighting to Lose: How the German Secret Intelligence Service Helped the Allies Win the Second World War

by John Bryden

Overview

Startling new revelations about collaboration between the Allies and the German Secret Service.

Based on extensive primary source research, John Bryden’s Fighting to Lose presents compelling evidence that the German intelligence service — the Abwehr — undertook to rescue Britain from certain defeat in 1941. Recently opened secret intelligence files indicate that the famed British double-cross or double-agent system was in fact a German triple-cross system. These files also reveal that British intelligence secretly appealed to the Abwehr for help during the war, and that the Abwehr’s chief, Admiral Canaris, responded by providing Churchill with the ammunition needed in order to persuade Roosevelt to lure the Japanese into attacking Pearl Harbor. These findings and others like them make John Bryden’s Fighting to Lose one of the most fascinating books about World War II to be published for many years.

Customer Reviews

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459719613
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	04/19/2014
Series:	Secrets of the Second World War , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	392
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John Bryden is a politician, journalist, and historian. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993, where he served for more than a decade before retiring in 2004. His publications include Best Kept Secret: Canadian Secret Intelligence in the Second World War and Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War 1937–1947. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

John Bryden is a politician, journalist, and historian. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993, where he served for more than a decade before retiring in 2004. His publications include Best Kept Secret: Canadian Secret Intelligence in the Second World War and Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War 1937-1947. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
AT THE END - 1945
Chapter 1  .................FBI Agent Newpher Reports
Chapter 2  .................A Spymaster's Incredible Story
FROM THE BEGINNING - 1939-41
Chapter 3  .................Double Agent, Double Trouble
Chapter 4  .................A Little Too Easy, Perhaps?
Chapter 5  .................Canaris Betrays the Cause
Chapter 6  .................Fire, Spies and Confusion
Chapter 7  .................CELERY Hits the Jackpot
Chapter 8  .................Red Sun Rising
Chapter 9  .................Hoover Does His Duty
Chapter 10 .................Postscript Pearl Harbor
Chapter 11 .................The Ultimate Secrets
EPILOGUE   .................A Rogue Octogenarian
Appendix 1 .................The Venlo Cover Stories
Appendix 2 .................Questionnaires in Question
Sources

Editorial Reviews

08/24/2015
Bryden (Deadly Allies) explores recently declassified documents to puzzle out the spy war that facilitated Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, creating the perfect setup for America to enter WWII and provide much-needed support to the French, British, and Soviets. His assertions will shock and fascinate, and maybe raise some eyebrows. While the subtitle implies a focus on the German's Abwehr, Bryden writes extensively about Allied secret services as well, particularly MI5 and the FBI. Bryden relies on conjecture at times, but he generally keeps the narration grounded in hard evidence. The book has a somewhat scattered feel, but that can be mostly forgiven because Bryden attacks the subject from many angles. He also leads readers on before shocking them with an entirely unexpected interpretation of events, illustrating how the public can never truly know or understand what happens at the highest levels of government. This a deep behind-the-scenes look at the war exposes the utter ineptitude and sheer genius of the improbable Allies that resulted in the fall of the Axis powers. (June)

Publishers Weekly

Our Scandalous Senate is a lively recounting of the famous troubles by a former two-term MP. Boyer is a delightful writer who dissects the problem plainly: the Senate suffers from a near-absence of leadership.

Blacklock’s Reporter

Our Scandalous Senate is a lively recounting of the famous troubles by a former two-term MP. Boyer is a delightful writer who dissects the problem plainly: the Senate suffers from a near-absence of leadership.

From the Publisher