The Man Who Never Was (Illustrated) (eBook, ePUB) - Montagu, Ewen
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Prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counterintelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece.
This daring and complex 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.
The corpse was discovered as planned, the officer's documents examined and verified by German intelligence, and action was taken.
By any measure, the operation…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counterintelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece.

This daring and complex 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.

The corpse was discovered as planned, the officer's documents examined and verified by German intelligence, and action was taken.

By any measure, the operation was a success, and likely saved many lives. Even two weeks into the invasion of Sicily, German leaders still believed that the main attack would be in Greece.
Autorenporträt
Ewen Montagu was educated at Westminster School, Harvard and Trinity College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar in 1924, he became a KC in 1939, the youngest of his year. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, from 1940 in the Naval Intelligence Division at the Admiralty. He was appointed OBE (Military) for his work there and was subsequently promoted to CBE.