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The man who never was

Ewen Montagu

1953 · EN

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.

Editions · 4

Paperback
1968 · Scholastic Book Services
128 pp · EN
9780552078214
Paperback
1990 · Time-Life Books
160 pp · EN
9780809485628
Paperback
1996 · Oxford University Press
144 pp · EN
9780192853226
Paperback
2001 · Naval Institute Press
160 pp · EN
9781557504487

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