BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD WAR TWO CAREER OF DENNIS WHEATLEY
This is the first 50 + books which have been examined (of over 200, so far) which detail the remarkable service of Dennis Wheatley within the highly secret London Controlling Section of Winstons Churchill's War Cabinet. The existence of the LCS was only revealed in 1969 by Sir Ronald Wingate and it is believed that the full extent of the work of the Deception Planners and Dennis Wheatley's full part in it has still not been fully revealed. It is for that reason that, in order to assist future research, books that refer to deceptions (including code names such as Fortitude, Quicksilver, Torch, Mincemeat etc.) in which DW is known to have taken a full part, are included.
It should also be noted that information (also not fully researched but quoted extensively in all books) is held in :-
| TITLE (sometimes abridged) | AUTHOR | D.O.P |
| Secret Service -the Making of the British Intelligence Service | C. Andrew | 1985 |
| The Defence of the Realm | C. Andrew | 2009 |
| The Inner Circle ** | J. Bright Astley | 1971 |
| The Lost and Found Art of Deception | R. Baker | 2011 |
| D-Day Deception ** | M. Barbier | 1997 |
| The Second World War | A. Beevor | 2012 |
| Churchill's Man of Mystery | G. Bennett | 2007 |
| Behind the Battle | R. Bennett | 1999 |
| Hoodwinking Hitler - the Normandy Deception | W Brever | 1993 |
| Bevan, John Henry ** | J Campbell | 2004 |
| The Secret War Against Hitler | W. Casey | 1989 |
| Bodyguard of Lies ** | A. Cave-Brown | 1975 |
| The Second World War (6 Vols.) | W. Churchill | 1948+ |
| Deceiving Hitler | T. Crowdy | 2008 |
| The Security Service | J. Curry | 1999 |
| A History of the British Secret Service | R. Deacon | 1969 |
| The Counterfeit Spy | S. Delmer | 1973 |
| M I 9 - 1939-1945 ** | M.R.D. Foot | 1979 |
| Deception and Disinformation | H. Friedman | 2020 |
| Where the Eagle Landed | P. Haining | 2001 |
| Strategic Deception in World War 2 | M. Handel | 1987 |
| Deception of the D-Day Landings | J. Haswell | 1979 |
| Maxwell Knight ** | H. Hemmings | 2017 |
| Fortitude - the D-Day Deception** | R. Hesketh | 1999 |
| Churchill's Bunker ** | R. Holmes | 2009 |
| The Deceivers - Deception WW2 | T. Holt | 2004 |
| Strategic Deception of WW2 | M. Howard | 1995 |
| British Intelligence in WW2 | M. Howard | 1990 |
| Double Cross | P. Janeczko | 2017 |
| Bletchley Park and D-Day | D. Kenyon | 2017 |
| Deception in War | J. Latimer | 2001 |
| Operation Fortitude ** | J. Levine | 2011 |
| The Art of Military Deception | M. Lloyd | 2003 |
| Agent Zig Zag ** | B. Macintyre | 2007 |
| The Man Who Was 'M' ** | A. Masters | 1984 |
| The Double Cross System | T. Masterman | 1972 |
| Ungentlemanly Warfare | G. Milton | 2016 |
| The Man Who Never Was ** | E. Montagu | 1954 |
| Winston's Wizards ** | N. Rankin | 2009 |
| The Intelligence Game | J. Rusbridger | 1991 |
| The Secret War | F. Russell | 1981 |
| Phantoms of the North | D. Sexton | 1983 |
| British Intelligence in WW2 | A. Simkins/H. Hinsley | 1990 |
| Churchill and the Secret Service | D. Stafford | 1997 |
| Deception at D-Day ** | P. Suciu | 2020 |
| Hitler's British Traitors | T. Tate | 2018 |
| A Thread of Deceit ** | N. West | 1985 |
| M I 5 -1909 - 1845 | N, West | 1981 |
| The Big Lie | J. B White | 1855 - 8 |
| Not in the Limelight | R. Wingate | 1959 |
| Memo to Anthony Cave Brown ** | R. Wingate (Details of LCS - untraceable) | |
| Trojan Horses Deception in WW2 | M. Young/ R. Stamp | 1991 |
All these books are important, but those with a double asterisk are especially relevant. So far, we have only scratched the surface – it is a colossal subject. What is now certain is that the WW2 career of DW is adding to our historical knowledge, not only of the War but of the part played by Dennis in the conflict reaching its victorious conclusion.
David Pymer
18th. August 2023