Churchill's Wizards (2008) (edit title/settings)

starwolvie approved Gwilym’s request to change the title of Churchill's Wizards Tuesday, November 20, 2012.

Gwilym edited the first edition of Churchill's Wizards Wednesday, November 14, 2012.

• changed the language: English
• changed the publisher: Faber and Faber
• changed the country: UK
• changed the publication date: 2008
• changed the ISBN: 9780571221967
• changed the page count: 650

Gwilym changed the title of Churchill's Wizards Wednesday, November 14, 2012.

Punxsutawney Paul approved C J Moran’s request to change the contributors of Churchill's Wizards Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

• Added a contributor: Nicholas Rankin: (Primary Author)

C J Moran edited the contributors of Churchill's Wizards Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

• Added a contributor: Nicholas Rankin: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the subjects of Churchill's Wizards Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

• Added the subject: Subjects > History > Military > Strategy
• Added the subject: Subjects > History > Military > World War I
• Added the subject: Subjects > History > Military > World War II
• Added the subject: Subjects > History > Military > Intelligence & Espionage
• Added the subject: Subjects > History > Europe > Ireland
• Added the subject: Subjects > History > Europe > England

Shelfari edited the description of Churchill's Wizards Sunday, August 2, 2009.

• By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. To protect itself, the nation fell back on cunning and camouflage. With Winston Churchill in charge, the British bluffed their way out of trouble - lying, pretending and dressing up in order to survive. The British had developed this uncommon talent during the trench and desert fighting of the First World War, when writers and artists created elaborate camouflages and fiendish propaganda. So successful were these deceptions they gave rise to the German belief that they hadn't been beaten fairly - in which case why not 'have a second go'? By the Second World War, the British were masters of the art. Churchill adored stratagems, ingenious devices and special forces: pretend German radio stations broadcast outrageous British propaganda in German. British geniuses broke German secret codes and eavesdropped on their messages. Every German spy in Britain was captured and many were used to send back false information to their controllers. Forged documents misled their Intelligence. Bogus wireless traffic from entire phantom armies, dummy airfields with model planes, disguised ships and inflatable rubber tanks created a vital illusion of strength. Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that was so essential to the success of D-Day in 1944, Churchill's Wizards is a thrilling work of popular military history. Above all, Nicholas Rankin reveals the true stories of those brave and creative mavericks who helped win what Churchill called 'the war of the Unknown Warriors'.