An edition of The man who never was (1953)

The man who never was

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An edition of The man who never was (1953)

The man who never was

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  • 2 Have read

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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Publisher
Lyons & Burford
Language
English

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Subjects

Personal narratives, British, Intelligence officers, British Personal narratives, Campaigns, Secret service, World War, 1939-1945, Operation Mincemeat, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, secret service, great britain, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, italy, Sicily (italy), history, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, italy, sicily

People

Ewen Montagu (1901-)

Places

Great Britain, Italy, Sicily, Sicily (Italy)

Times

1943
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The man who never was: World War II's boldest counterintelligence operation
2001, Naval Institute Press
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The man who never was
1997, Lyons & Burford
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Cover of: The man who never was
The man who never was
1996, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: The man who never was
The man who never was
1990, Time-Life Books
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1973, [s.n.
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Cover of: The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was
1968, Scholastic Book Services
Paperback
Cover of: The man who never was.
The man who never was.
1954, Lippincott
in English
Cover of: The man who never was.
The man who never was.
1954, Lippincott
in English
Cover of: The man who never was
The man who never was
1953, Lippincott
in English - [Book-of-th-month club ed.]
Cover of: The man who never was
The man who never was
1953, Evans Bros.
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1954.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/8641
Library of Congress
D810.S8 M6 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL663003M
LCCN
97008514
LibraryThing
303041

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2642547W

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