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The Allied invasion of Europe during summer 1944 was widely expected, and it fell to the Axis intelligence services to provide High Command with advance warning of the precise date and place of the landings. Using cryptanalysis of Allied signals, undercover agents and ships, and photographic evidence, Axis intelligence was pitted directly against their Allied counterparts, who actively tried to create a decoy and aim their enemies at the wrong location.

In August 1940, Leon Trotsky, living in a fortified villa in Mexico City, welcomed a man he believed to be a friend into his study. Hidden beneath the visitor’s raincoat was the weapon that would change the course of revolutionary history—a small ice axe, wielded on the direct orders of...

Josh Thistlethwaite, is typical of many youngsters, he hates rules and being told what to do. One afternoon, he somehow finds himself in a strange town, where there are no rules, or people just ignore them. Through a series of weird adventures, Josh discovers for himself why rules and organization are necessary in society. He becomes desperate to return home, and a normal life.. Even this isn’t easy, but a flying train helps him out. Was this all a dream, or did it all really happen? Decide for yourself.