Description
As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece. The innovative plot was so successful that the Germans moved some of their forces away from Sicily, and two weeks into the real invasion still expected an attack in Greece. This extraordinary operation called for a dead body, dressed as a Royal Marine officer and carrying false information about a pending Allied invasion of Greece, to wash up on a Spanish shore near the town of a known Nazi agent...
Author: Ewen Montagu
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 09/06/2019
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9780359903993
ISBN10: 0359903991
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
Author: Ewen Montagu
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 09/06/2019
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9780359903993
ISBN10: 0359903991
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
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