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The Man Who Never Was: World War II's Boldest Counter-Intelligence Operation |  | Author: Ewen Montagu
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 36466
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1557504482
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.548641
EAN: 9781557504487
ASIN: 1557504482
Publication Date: March 6, 2001
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Product Description
As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece. The innovative plot was so successful that the Germans moved some of their forces away from Sicily, and two weeks into the real invasion still expected an attack in Greece. This extraordinary operation called for a dead body, dressed as a Royal Marine officer and carrying false information about a pending Allied invasion of Greece, to wash up on a Spanish shore near the town of a known Nazi agent. Agent Montagu tells the story as only an insider could, offering fascinating details of the difficulties involved-especially in creating a persona for a man who never was--and of his profession as a spy and the risks involved in mounting such a complex operation. Failure could have had devastating results. Success, however, brought a decided change in the course of the war.
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 fascinating! September 4, 2009
marci (nc)
this is about a time just before a big allied strike when they were looking for ways to distract the axis. i found it very interesting and loved the parts about making the fake guy's cover story.
 Excellent Review June 4, 2009
R. Bruno
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I received this book in a timely manner and it was in mint condition. Please accept this as my recommendation/referrel to others for excellent service and product.
Utterly Fascinating June 28, 2008
Atina Sesom (Atlanta, GA USA)
This is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read--a true story of brilliant British Intelligence during the Second World War. I highly recommend it. Not a spy story, but a highly improbable ruse which convinced the Germans the Allies would attack an area different from their actual target! A quick read and a real page-turner!
Hitler hadn't a real secret service November 24, 2007
Dalton C. Rocha (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this good book, here in Brazil.
This book is short,correct and is about how to deceive an enemy.The operation with the code name "micemeat" was the use of a cadaver, to made Hitler to think about an anphibious landing in Greece, not in Sicily, as it was.
Failures of this book are small.To example, it doesn't has the name of the cadaver.The name was showed, some years ago.Also this book doesn't shows that an anphibious landing in Greece was a better idea, than Italy's invasion in 1943.
Ingenious September 26, 2007
Hawkeye (Wyoming)
It seemed like a simple plan: Leave a dead body, supposedly a British officer carrying official papers, for the Nazis to find. If they accept the phony papers as genuine, they won't anticipate the planned invasion of Sicily, and will deploy their defensive troops to Sardinia instead.
Simple in concept, but extremely complicated in practice. The author, who was the British intelligence officer in charge of the scheme, had to make the deception plausible down to the last detail.
It worked! Hitler himself was fooled, as captured German documents later showed.
This book goes into the details in full, and it is fascinating every step of the way. The author clearly was brilliant at his work, and as a bonus he has a nice, dry wit.
This true story is at least as rewarding to the reader as any work of detective fiction.
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