Nazi Secret Warfare in Occupied Persia (Iran) [electronic resource] : The Failure of the German Intelligence Services, 1939-45 /
O'Sullivan, Adrian.author.
This is the first full-length work to be published about the spectacular failure of the German intelligence services in Persia (Iran) during WWII. Based on archival research it analyzes a compelling history of Nazi planning, operations, personalities, and intrigues, and follows the protagonists from Hitler's rise to power into the postwar era.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Wolf pack in the Zagros Mountains; Prologue: MAX and MORITZ Invent Themselves; 1 Tourists and Businessmen; 2 Invaders and Occupiers; 3 Schemers and Planners; 4 Intelligencers; 5 Ideologues and Brutes; 6 Rivals; 7 Recruiters and Trainers; 8 MAX; 9 MORITZ; 10 SABA; 11 Parachutes over Persia; 12 FRANZ, DORA, and BERTA; 13 ANTON; 14 Operations and Operatives; 15 Defects and Deficiencies; 16 Failure; Epilogue: MAX and MORITZ Reinvent Themselves; Appendix; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is the first full-length work to be published about the spectacular failure of the German intelligence services in Persia (Iran) during WWII. Based on archival research it analyzes a compelling history of Nazi planning, operations, personalities, and intrigues, and follows the protagonists from Hitler's rise to power into the postwar era.
Military history.
World War, 1939-1945.
Middle East-History.
History, Modern.
Europe-History.
History of Military.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
History of the Middle East.
Modern History.
European History.