Eppler, John
Operation Condor : Rommel's Spy John Eppler - London Futura Pule 1977 - 258 Pages 11x18 cm HB
Include Illustrations and Index.
In 1942, John Eppler was one of two German spies inserted behind British lines in Egypt after an epic crossing of the Western Desert organised by the Hungarian explorer Count László Almásy, Operation 'Condor'. But this was far from his first adventure. Of German origin but raised since childhood in a wealthy Egyptian family and a convert to Islam, he had travelled widely in the Middle East for German Military Intelligence. The book details German links with Arab nationalists during the War: indeed, one of Eppler's contacts in Cairo was a young officer called Anwar el-Sadat, later President of.
Secret service
World War (1939-1945)
Spies
Egypt
940.5487430924
Operation Condor : Rommel's Spy John Eppler - London Futura Pule 1977 - 258 Pages 11x18 cm HB
Include Illustrations and Index.
In 1942, John Eppler was one of two German spies inserted behind British lines in Egypt after an epic crossing of the Western Desert organised by the Hungarian explorer Count László Almásy, Operation 'Condor'. But this was far from his first adventure. Of German origin but raised since childhood in a wealthy Egyptian family and a convert to Islam, he had travelled widely in the Middle East for German Military Intelligence. The book details German links with Arab nationalists during the War: indeed, one of Eppler's contacts in Cairo was a young officer called Anwar el-Sadat, later President of.
Secret service
World War (1939-1945)
Spies
Egypt
940.5487430924