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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Foreign military studies
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Foreign military studies (Lexington, Ky.)
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"The original German edition of this book was published as "Deckname Dr. Rantzau" (Hamburg: Hoffman und Campe, 1972)"-- Title verso. |
Summary |
"Cover Name: Dr. Rantzau is a gripping diary-like personal account of espionage during the Second World War and is one of very few historic memoirs written by an ex-Abwehr officer. Detailed is how Colonel Nikolaus Ritter, following a brief World War I career and over ten years as a businessman in America, returned to Germany in spring of 1935 and became Chief of Air Intelligence in the Abwehr. He was assigned to establish a network of agents to gather information on British and US airfields, aircrafts, and state-of-the-art developments in the aerospace industry. Among others, Ritter's cover names were Dr. Rantzau and Dr. Reinhard in Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, Dr. Jansen in Hungary, Dr. Renken in Germany, and Mr. Johnson in America. Throughout his service in the Abwehr, Ritter smuggled America's most jealously guarded secret, the Norden bombsight and the Sperry gyroscope, into Germany, and coordinated the planning for the invasion of the British Isles (Operation Sea Lion). Ritter was incarcerated by the British in 1945 and sent to the Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre. Katharine Ritter Wallace, the daughter of Col. Ritter, presents the first English translation of the German World War II memoir. With a combination of collected documents, correspondences, personal notes, communications with peers, and from memory, this captivating account by an espionage agent reveals an insider's glimpse of the German intelligence service and of a handler's expansive and diverse agent network"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Arthur Owens (aka Snow and Johnny) -- Dr. Rantzau -- The Abwehr -- Launching a network -- Orders from Admiral Canaris -- Departing for America -- New York -- Hermann Lang and the Norden bombsight -- Contacts in America -- Mr. X -- A close encounter -- Reconstructing the bombsight -- British agents in the Abwehr -- Lily Stein -- Ein Glas Bier -- Count László Almásy -- Sabotage across borders -- Border closings -- Sea rendezvous -- Operation Sea Lion -- Suspending Sea Lion -- Africa mission -- Desert devils -- End of war -- Reflections. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
In English translated from the original German. |
Subject |
Ritter, Nikolaus Adolf Fritz, 1899-1974.
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Ritter, Nikolaus Adolf Fritz, 1899-1974. |
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Germany. Wehrmacht. Amt Ausland/Abwehr -- Officers -- Biography.
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Germany. Wehrmacht. Amt Ausland/Abwehr. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
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Spies. |
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Germany. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany.
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Espionage, German -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Espionage, German. |
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United States. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Espionage, German -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Great Britain. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Wallace, Katharine R. (Katharine Ritter), 1934- editor, translator.
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Barbier, Mary, author of foreword.
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Added Title |
Deckname Dr. Rantzau. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019028110
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ritter, Nikolaus Adolf Fritz, 1899-1974. Deckname Dr. Rantzau. English. Cover name: Dr. Rantzau. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2019] 9780813177342 (DLC) 2019006675 (OCoLC)1066126539 |
ISBN |
9780813177359 (electronic book) |
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0813177359 (electronic book) |
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9780813177342 |
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0813177340 |
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9780813177366 |
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0813177367 |
Music No. |
EB00786229 Recorded Books |
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