{"product_id":"operation-sparrow-the-incredible-true-story-of-the-spies-who-tricked-hitler-and-won-the-war-9781335016423","title":"Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary true WWII story of three American commandos who parachuted behind enemy lines with orders to get captured--and convince the Nazis that D-Day was coming a thousand miles away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch 16, 1944. Colonel Duke jumped into Hitler's Europe to lead Operation Sparrow, an OSS mission authorized by the president. Duke was forty-eight, twice the age of most paratroopers. He had played pro football for the New York Giants, flown fighter planes, and made his fortune in advertising before World War II made him a spy behind enemy lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin days, the three Sparrows were captured in Hungary. It wasn't a failure. It was the plan. Under brutal Gestapo interrogation, Duke and his men set out to convince the Third Reich that the D-Day invasion would strike the Balkans, far from France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurvive torture while making a lie sound true--it was either genius or suicidal. Probably both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the ruse held, Axis divisions would defend the wrong coast. If it broke, three Americans would be shot as spies--and the Wehrmacht would be poised to win D-Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the tens of millions who fought in the war, the Sparrows were the only ones whose mission required capture by the Nazis. Drawing on recently declassified OSS files, Jason Bell brings their story to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOperation Sparrow\u003c\/em\u003e reveals: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe American heroes who turned their own capture into a weapon\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Gestapo interrogation rooms that became a secret Allied battlefield\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe top-secret deception that kept Hitler's divisions away from Normandy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched and told at the pace of a thriller, \u003cem\u003eOperation Sparrow\u003c\/em\u003e is narrative history for readers of \u003cem\u003eOperation Mincemeat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781335016423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48405745565833,"sku":"9781335016423","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ce42b6c8-1c4b-443d-aff4-16664db79811.jpg?v=1790058317","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/operation-sparrow-the-incredible-true-story-of-the-spies-who-tricked-hitler-and-won-the-war-9781335016423","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}