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The secret war

Contains accounts of World War II undercover spy operations, in graphic novel format, including how Czech agents assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, and how British agents blew up trains.

Man overboard!

A World War II tale based on a historical event follows the experiences of sixteen-year-old Scott and his friend, Adam, who, while working summer jobs on a ship on the St. Lawrence River, discover that a German agent is on board.

Mata Hari

2019
Asks the reader to choose the plot path for dancer and spy for the French during World War One Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known by her stage name Mata Hari.
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Nazi saboteurs

Hitler's secret attack on America
"In Nazi Saboteurs, Samantha Seiple brings readers into the high-stakes world of Hitler's most trusted team of saboteurs as the eight men are hand-selected by top Nazi officials to be trained in spycraft and sabotage. With black-and-white photos and fast-paced storytelling, readers follow the men to the coasts of New York and Florida, where they work to establish secret identities for themselves in America, identify the country's key military targets, and destroy them with explosives. Little do they know, one of them is about to turn on them all"--.
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Secret agents! Sharks! Ghost armies!

World War II
"Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics the United States used to win World War II, including hiring Virginia Hall, the Allied Forces' most dangerous spy."--OCLC.
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Secret agents! sharks! ghost armies!

World War II
Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics the United States used to win World War II, including hiring Virginia Hall, the Allied Forces' most dangerous spy.

Code name Lise

the true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy
2019
"The extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II--perfect for fans of Unbroken, The Boys in the Boat, and Code Girls"--.

Secret agents! Sharks! Ghost armies!

World War II
2017
"Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics the United States used to win World War II, including hiring Virginia Hall, the Allied Forces' most dangerous spy."--OCLC.

D-Day girls

the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II
2019
"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting. Their job, he declared, was to "set Europe ablaze." But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women"--Jacket flap.

A life in secrets

Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
2007
Examines the life of Vera Atkins, who recruited and trained hundreds of agents in the Special Operations Executive, Great Britain's secret organization that helped build and supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe, and chronicles her efforts to discover what happened to missing agents in France after the war.

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