The Secret War

By Gary Jeffrey

Book Overview

This exciting graphic novel recounts three fascinating stories of covert, or secret, operations during World War II: - Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, Operation Anthropoid, May 1942 - The plan to eliminate German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, the chief planner of the Jewish genocide by the Nazis and also known as the Butcher of Prague - Benjamin Cowburn, S.O.E. (U.K. Special Operations Executive) - Operation Tinker, April 1943 - How a British operative led a team of saboteurs to blow up trains - Ren? Joyeuse, O.S.S. (U.S. Office of Strategic Services) - Plan: Sussex, August 1944 OSS Plan - The story of sabotage in support of the D-Day invasion

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778742024
• ISBN13: 9780778742029
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9