Agent of the Iron Cross by Bill Mills

Agent of the Iron Cross by Bill Mills

From Publishers Weekly: "Devotees of cloak-and-dagger intrigue will revel in this thrilling and complex account." On January 16th Witzke and several confederates departed Mexico City for the U.S. border. After crossing 1500 miles of rugged territory, encountering bandits and other hazards along the way, Witzke reached Nogales. But unknown to the saboteur-assassin, the German espionage network in Mexico had been penetrated by Allied intelligence and one of his companions was a double agent. The Witzke mission was the intelligence game played at its highest level - a plan for destruction on a massive scale, violent insurrection, and assassination, complete with master spies and double agents, diabolical sabotage devices, secret codes, and invisible ink. Meticulously researched and written in the style of an adventure novel, Agent of the Iron Cross is the first detailed account of this legendary espionage operation.

This story could not be made upThat is how bizarre it is, and the reader will not be able to put this book down. Most impressive is the author’s easy-to-understand description of the highly complicated deciphering process of Witzke’s code, not a small feat. Agent of the Iron Cross is a masterpiece of a historical tale. It reads like a novel, while uncovering hitherto unknown history, and satisfying highest scholarly standards.

-- Heribert von Feilitzsch, Author of the Secret War Council Book Series

This is the brilliantly told, fast-paced story of “the most deadly sabotage team in history” as they carried out a campaign of terror on America and the exploits of the men brave enough to stop them. It’s a story as compelling and relevant today as it was then.

-- Michael Digby, Author of Burn, Bomb, Destroy

Author/historian Bill Mills writes about twentieth-century clandestine operations and espionage history. He is the author of The League: The True Story of Average Americans on the Hunt for World War I Spies, Treacherous Passage: Germany’s Secret Plot Against the United States in Mexico during World War I, and The Estrada Plot: How the FBI Captured a Secret Army and Stopped the Invasion of Mexico. He lives in Concord, MA.

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ISBN 13	9781538182086
ISBN 10	1538182084
Title	Agent of the Iron Cross
Author	Bill Mills
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
Year published	2023-10-15
Number of pages	276
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