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100 | 1 | _aMONTAGU Ewen | |
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_aThe man who never was/ _cEwen Montagu |
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_aAnnapolis MD USA : _bNaval Institute Press, _c2001 |
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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 | ||
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_aSECOND WORLD WAR _xDECEPTION OPERATIONS |
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_aSECOND WORLD WAR _xSECRET SERVICE _xGREAT BRITAIN |
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