It's True! Your Cat Could Be a Spy by Sue Bursztynski

Author:Sue Bursztynski [Bursztynski, Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: ; true; spies | 15; bursztynski; vane; final text
ISBN: 9781741146066
Amazon: 1741146062
Goodreads: 4090058
Publisher: Not Avail
Published: 2006-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

troops in Egypt. His spy planes were scouting the skies

over Alexandria and the Suez Canal. Jasper led a group

of experts known as the Magic Gang, whose job was to

fool the German aerial spies.

They built a copy of Alexandria harbour in a

nearby bay so that the Germans wouldn’t bomb the

real Alexandria. They made fake buildings, a phoney

lighthouse, even fake anti-aircraft guns, which gave

off impressive flashes to make the attackers think they

were being shot at. Revolving mirrors near the Suez

Canal made huge spinning lights so that German

bombers couldn’t find the Canal.

Jasper Maskelyne’s biggest success was in 1942,

when the Germans were expecting a British attack

but didn’t know where or when it would happen.

The Magic Gang built 2000 fake tanks from painted canvas and wood, while one thousand real British tanks

were somewhere else, disguised as trucks. The Magic

Gang also built a false railway line, which the Germans

thought was to transport troops. German pilots also

saw the British busily building a (fake) water pipe, as

if to supply the troops along the way. From what they

could see, the German commanders were certain the

British wouldn’t be able to attack before November.

They were wrong. The British attacked in late October

and from an unexpected direction. Thousands of

German soldiers died and the German campaign in

Africa was wrecked. Jasper Maskelyne helped to change

the course of World War II.

Jasper Maskelyne told his story in a book called

Magic: Top Secret, but after the war there was no longer work for a stage magician. He died years later in Kenya.

CRACKING THE CODE: ENIGMA

Spies send messages in code so the enemy can’t read

them. Cracking codes was a key part of the war effort

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