Bibliograph

Operation Long Jump, Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the greatest assassination plot in history, Bill Yenne

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Operation Long Jump, Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the greatest assassination plot in history, Bill Yenne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Operation Long Jump

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

902657226

Responsibility statement

Bill Yenne

Sub title

Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the greatest assassination plot in history

Summary

"In the middle of World War II, Nazi military intelligence discovered a seemingly easy way to win the war for Adolf Hitler. The three heads of the Allied forces--Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin--were planning to meet in Tehran in October, 1943. Under Hitler's personal direction, the Nazis launched 'Operation Long Jump, ' an intricate plan to track the Allied leaders in Tehran and assassinate all three men at the same time.... Historian Bill Yenne retells the incredible, globe-spanning story of the most ambitious assassination plot ever thwarted ..."--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Prologue: what might have been -- Introduction: a pretty good haul ... if -- Iran, the remote fastness -- The German-Iranian nexus -- Spy vs. spy -- Tehran, the nest of intrigue -- A free island in occupied Persia -- High value targets -- How, when, and where -- Hit men -- Behind the most elaborate of curtains -- A maiden in distress -- Cicero, the million-dollar master key -- Danger at every turn -- Boots on the ground -- Saturday, November 27 -- Sunday, November 28 -- Monday, November 29 -- Tuesday, November 30 -- Wednesday, December 1 -- Thursday, December 2 -- What might have been -- The common man -- The tide of history -- Epilogue

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