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The Mystery of William Martin U-616 and U-565
Posted by:
Francesco Mattesini
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Date: June 26, 2014 03:18PM
The operation of landing in Sicily was expected and, contrary to what is too often said, did not generate any surprise in Axis Commands for the corpse of the fake "Major Martin", a man who died of pneumonia in England that simulate death by drowning, was dumped into the sea by the submarine and Serap fact aground on the Spanish coast of Cadiz, with forged letters of senior British officers indicated that Greece as a goal of landing. In fact, as soon as the body was examined by the Spaniards, these agents of the Axis, and the information and copies of documents, were spent in Rome and Berlin, he knew at once be a "bluff", whose supporters were more supporters Commands in Italy OBS (Kesselring) and Supermarina. No German soldier or Italian, if not for reasons already planned, he left Sicily.
Francesco Mattesini
Francesco Mattesini
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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The Mystery of William Martin U-616 and U-565 | Francesco Mattesini | 06/26/2014 03:18PM |
Re: The Mystery of William Martin U-616 and U-565 | enielsen | 07/23/2014 05:08PM |
Re: The Mystery of William Martin U-616 and U-565 | Francesco Mattesini | 02/11/2015 09:49AM |
Re: The Mystery of William Martin U-616 and U-565 | Platon Alexiades | 02/14/2015 04:55PM |
Re: The Mystery of William Martin U-616 and U-565 | Francesco Mattesini | 02/18/2015 03:52PM |
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