Codeword BARBAROSSA

by Barton Whaley

Book Overview

On June 21, 1941, Alfred Liskov, a German soldier stationed on the Russo-German border, defected to the Soviet army to reveal that the German invasion of Russia was due within a few hours. A startled Moscow sent a midnight alert to its border troops, but it was too late. Operation BARBAROSSA had begun. Thus began one of the greatest military surprises in history. Not only was Stalin completely duped, but so were all the world's intelligence services...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262230623
• ISBN13: 9780262230629
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.