Spies in Ireland

1965: Stackpole, Harrisburg, 1963. First American Edition. Quarto volume in green and white dust jacket, 311 pages; illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits, index, 23 cm Spine a bit rolled else fine in fine jacket; barely used with the slight soiling to fore-edge' bright clean pages and tight binding inside, sewn and in archival mylar. . Hardcover.

Translated from the German original. "The military successes in the early days of World War II led the Germans to believe that spies in Ireland could help divert British men and arms from the European front. Enno Stephan, a young German journalist, through painstaking research and an uncanny ability to get living participants to talk about their involvement, produces this adventure-type report about the futile attempts of the German Abwehr (Military Espionage) to open the back door to Britain." // Contents: Bombs from Ireland. The contact man. The pact with the devil. The cult of the possible. The riddle of Phoenix Park. "Atlas the strong". The luckless man. A telegram from Genoa. "Operation Mainau". Karl Anderson and Paddy Mitchell. "Operation Lobster I". "Operation Dove". Anni Braz-Bihen. The angry old ladies. "The cleverest of all". The confession. "Operation Osprey". Escape. The way out. Notes: Translation by Gehelmauftrag Irland.