Title Agent of the Iron Cross : the race to capture German saboteur-assassin Lothar Witzke during World War I / Bill Mills.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]

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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	940.487 MILLS	Check Shelf

Description	x, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Escape from Valparaiso -- The Most Deadly Sabotage Team in History -- "You will have to kill him first. He's in our way." -- "I am Mr. Butcher's man!" -- "Get down and hang on!" -- Placed together, the two scraps of paper read "NOVIA" -- Crossing the Line -- Breaking the Code -- The Court-Martial of Lothar Witzke -- The Jail Break of Lothar Witzke -- "Every activity is to be suspended..."
Summary	"Full of drama and intrigue, with master spies and double agents, diabolical sabotage devices, secret codes, and invisible ink, this is the true story of a German agent sent to the United States during World War I to launch a terror campaign of sabotage and murder, and the American counterintelligence effort that led to his capture"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Witzke, Lothar, 1895-1962.
	Jahnke, Kurt, 1882-1945?
	Espionage, German -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Germans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Germany.
	Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
	Spies -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Espionage, German. (OCoLC)fst00915403
	Germans. (OCoLC)fst00942100
	Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
	Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
	Subversive activities. (OCoLC)fst01136956
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Race to capture German saboteur-assassin Lothar Witzke during World War I
Other Form:	Online version: Mills, Bill, 1958- Agent of the Iron Cross Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] 9781538182079 (DLC) 2023016440
ISBN	9781538182086 (cloth)
	1538182084 (cloth)
	9781538182079 (epub)

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