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    World War II Spies: An Interactive History Adventure
    World War II Spies: An Interactive History Adventure
    World War II Spies: An Interactive History Adventure
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    World War II Spies: An Interactive History Adventure

    By Michael Burgan

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    War is a time of secrets. Advances in technology during the height of World War II provide new methods for spies to keep secrets, steal information, and destroy enemy plans. You’re about to go under cover. Will you:  Become a resistance fighter in Denmark, revealing Germany’s false claims of protection? Work as a “double cross” agent, pledging loyalty to one country but actually spying for another? Join the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, shuttling weapons to the Allies and sabotaging German transportation?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJun 1, 2013
    ISBN9781476542324
    World War II Spies: An Interactive History Adventure
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    Michael Burgan

    Michael Burgan has written numerous books for children and young adults during his nearly 20 years as a freelance writer. Many of his books have focused on U.S. history, geography, and the lives of world leaders. Michael has won several awards for his writing, and his graphic novel version of the classic tale Frankenstein (Stone Arch Books) was a Junior Library Guild selection.  Michael graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in history. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his cat, Callie.

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      World War II Spies - Michael Burgan

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      ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE

      The Second World War is brewing in Europe and Asia. Every country involved has secrets they want to keep—and information they want to steal from the enemy. That’s where spies come in.

      In this book you’ll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death. The events you’ll experience happened to real people.

      Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

      YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history.

      CHAPTER 1

      The Secret Keepers

      You are living through World War II. It started in 1939. But the war’s roots are deep, going back to the end of World War I in 1918.

      The winning nations of World War I, including the United States, Great Britain, and France, forced the losers to pay a high price. For example, Germany had to give up some of its land and reduce its military.

      During the 1920s Germans became increasingly angry at this treatment. A political leader named Adolf Hitler promised to make Germany powerful again. Hitler’s Nazi Party came to power in 1933.

      Along with rebuilding the military, Hitler took away the rights of the country’s Jewish people and sent them to concentration camps. He believed the Jews had weakened Germany.

      Starting in 1936 Hitler sent troops into parts of Europe where Germans lived, claiming the land for his country. Meanwhile, Italian leader Benito Mussolini sent troops into North Africa. And in Asia, Japan was invading China. All three nations thought they had a right to rule other countries. These three nations became the Axis alliance.

      In September 1939 German troops invaded Poland and then continued west across Europe. France and Great Britain joined forces to try to stop the Nazis. France, Britain, the United States, and other countries later became known as the Allies.

      Some people secretly fought the Nazis in the nations Germany attacked. These resistance groups often received British aid. Even before the war, nations carried out espionage. Agents tried to gather information about other countries’ military activities. Some of these spies belonged to special government departments, such as Great Britain’s MI5 or Germany’s Abwehr.

      Agents from the U.S. Office of Strategic Services received Morse code training.

      Collecting intelligence—information obtained secretly—about the enemy became important once the war began. Spies also spread false information in order to fool enemies.

      In the United States, military intelligence agents cracked the secret codes Japan used to send messages overseas. By the end of November 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew from these messages that Japan was preparing an attack. He knew the attack would be somewhere in the Pacific. But only on the day of the attack, December 7, did he learn that the target was the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

      A stunned United States quickly declared war on Japan. Japan’s close relations with Italy and Germany prompted those two countries to declare war on the United States.

      Troops from many countries began to wage war in Asia and Europe. Fighting spread to Africa and across the world’s oceans.

      In June 1942 President Roosevelt created a new spy agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Its agents gathered intelligence, committed sabotage to stop enemy attacks, and spread false information.

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