The Man Who Never Was

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Ewen Montagu: The Man Who Never Was (Paperback, 1968, Scholastic Book Services)

Paperback, 128 pages

Published March 20, 1968 by Scholastic Book Services.

ISBN:
978-0-552-07821-4
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OCLC Number:
220979119

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It is the story of a World II deception by the Allies intended to dupe the Third Reich in believing that a sea landing in the Mediterranean would be in Greece instead that in Sicily where in reality occurred later. They drop a dead man dressed as an officer and carrying maps and documents in Spain coast which was eventually found by German spies. Hitler was informed and believed the information. He ordered a section of his troops out of Sicily.

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