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The American School of Spies
From the New York Times bestselling author, the incredible true story of the American archaeologists and classicists who went undercover as OSS spies during World War II to fight the Nazis and protect the world's most precious relics
In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werenāt just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worldās most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.
Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesāacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarsāwho would come to be kown as āthe Greek Desk.ā These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worldās most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnāt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.
In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werenāt just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worldās most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.
Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesāacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarsāwho would come to be kown as āthe Greek Desk.ā These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worldās most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnāt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.
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From the New York Times bestselling author, the incredible true story of the American archaeologists and classicists who went undercover as OSS spies during World War II to fight the Nazis and protect the world's most precious relics
In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werenāt just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worldās most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.
Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesāacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarsāwho would come to be kown as āthe Greek Desk.ā These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worldās most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnāt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.
In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werenāt just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worldās most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.
Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesāacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarsāwho would come to be kown as āthe Greek Desk.ā These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worldās most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnāt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.
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From the New York Times bestselling author, the incredible true story of the American archaeologists and classicists who went undercover as OSS spies during World War II to fight the Nazis and protect the world's most precious relics
In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werenāt just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worldās most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.
Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesāacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarsāwho would come to be kown as āthe Greek Desk.ā These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worldās most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnāt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.
In 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werenāt just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worldās most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.
Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesāacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarsāwho would come to be kown as āthe Greek Desk.ā These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worldās most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnāt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.
