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100 1 _aMONTAGU Ewen
245 _aThe man who never was/
_cEwen Montagu
260 _aAnnapolis MD USA :
_bNaval Institute Press,
_c2001
300 _a160 p.
500 _aOriginally published Oxford: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1953.
520 _aDescribes the meticulously planned and very successful deception operation which British counterintelligence mounted in 1943 to convince the German High Command that an Allied attack would be focused on Greece and the eastern Mediterranean rather than the actual target Sicily. The author was the Lt Commander RN who originated the idea and implemented the plan.
650 _aOPERATION MINCEMEAT
650 _aSECOND WORLD WAR
_xDECEPTION OPERATIONS
650 _aSECOND WORLD WAR
_xSECRET SERVICE
_xGREAT BRITAIN
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