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Man Who Never Was : World War II's Boldest Counterintelligence Operation
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montagu, Ewen.
- Series:
- Bluejacket books The man who never was
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985.
- Operation Mincemeat.
- Sicily (Italy)--History--1870-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
- Operation Mincemeat--Secret service--Great Britain--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Sicily--Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Montagu, Ewen.
- Local Subjects:
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985.
- Operation Mincemeat.
- Sicily (Italy)--History--1870-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Other Title:
- Man Who Never Was
- Place of Publication:
- : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Author's Note""; ""1. The Birth of an Idea ""; ""2. Preliminary Enquiries""; ""3. ""Operation Mincemeat"" ""; ""4. The Vital Document ""; ""5. Major Martin, Royal Marines ""; ""6. The Creation of a Person ""; ""7. Major Martin Gets Ready for a War ""; ""8. The Journey North ""; ""9. The Launching of the Body ""; ""10. Major Martin Lands in Spain ""; ""11. We Tidy Up in England ""; ""12. The German Intelligence Service Plays Its Part""; ""13. The German High Command Gets Busy ""; ""Envoi""; ""Appendixes""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-563-0
- OCLC:
- 862611738
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