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Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation POSTMASTER : The Untold Top Secret Story by Brian Lett (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited

ISBN-101526760681

ISBN-139781526760685

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038771920

Product Key Features

Book TitleIan Fleming and Soe's Operation Postmaster : the Untold Top Secret Story

Number of PagesX, 256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicMilitary / Special Forces, Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Modern / 20th Century, Military / General, Military

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorBrian Lett

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews...goes into the planning, execution, and the personalities which made this operation a success and paved the road for the SOE's continued existence., The Top Secret Story Behind 007 by Brian Lett goes into the planning, execution, and the personalities which made this operation a success and paved the road for the SOE's continued existence., ...a rather detailed, readable, and often amusing look at a remarkable mission, and offers some valuable insights not only into special operations but also the mind and method of one of the most successful authors of the mid-twentieth century.|9781526760685|

Dewey Decimal940.548641

SynopsisThis is a true story of a force of "licensed to kill" secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based., The untold story of a daring and successful WW2 SOE operation. This is a true story of a force of "licensed to kill" secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based.Brigadier Colin Gubbins was M, the Special Operations Executive was his Secret Service, Professor Dudley Newitt was Q and Captain Gus March-Phillips commanded "Maid of Honor Force", the team of "James Bonds" who, in a daring operation, sailed a Q ship to West Africa and stole three enemy ships from a neutral Spanish port on the volcanic island of Fernando Po. Ian Fleming worked closely with M to oil the wheels that made the operation possible, and prepared the cover story, in which the British Government lied in order to conceal British responsibility for the raid. M's agents prepared the ground on Fernando Po, even enmeshing the Governor in a honey trap. March-Phillips and his team carried out the raid successfully in January 1942, despite much opposition from the local regular Army and Navy commanders, and in the face of overwhelming odds. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Fleming's lies on the international stage, denying any British complicity in the operation. As a result, a secrecy embargo enveloped Operation POSTMASTER until recently.The author, an experienced criminal QC, proves beyond doubt that this thrilling operation, and the men who carried it out, were the inspiration for Fleming's James Bond., The previously untold story of a daring and successful Second World War SOE operation makes for gripping reading in its own right. But it is given additional interest by the author's argument that the personalities involved in this venture were the inspiration for Ian Fleming's classic James Bond series. In late 1941 Brigadier Colin Gubbins, the legendary SOE chief, tasked Captain Gus March-Phillipps to sail the Maid Honor, a Q ship, to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Their mission, codenamed POSTMASTER, was to 'cut out' three enemy ships from the port of Santa Isabel, on the neutral Spanish island of Fernando Po, which they successfully accomplished in January 1942. Fleming's role was to 'oil the wheels' for SOE at the Admiralty, and to help conceal British involvement. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden duly told the necessary lies on the international stage. As a result, a secrecy embargo covered POSTMASTER until recently. The author, an experienced QC, establishes that this operation with Gubbins, who was known as M, equipment chief professional Dudley Newitt and March-Phillipps as key players, set Fleming on his path as arguably the most successful adventure fiction writer of his era. Readers of this thrilling book will revel in the real-life action that was played out at the height of the Second World War. Book jacket.