An Saighdear Nach Robh Riamh Ann/The Soldier Who Never Was
Mealladh Breatannach a chuidich leis an ionnsaigh air Sicily ann an 1943. How a darkly humorous British ruse helped the 1943 landing in Sicily.
10 an t-Iuchar 1943: Tha saighdearan a鈥� Chaidreibh a鈥� dol air t矛r ann an Sicily, toiseach a鈥� chr矛ch dha 矛mpireachd nan N脿sach. D脿 mh矛os ron sin, chaidh corp oifigear Breatannach a lorg air tr脿igh anns an Sp脿inn le p脿ipearan ag innse mu ionnsaigh air na d霉thchannan B脿lcanach na chois. Tha na Gearmailtich a鈥� faighinn gr猫im air na p脿ipearan 鈥� ach chan eil ann ach cleas Breatannach.
10 July 1943 : Allied troops land in Sicily, opening a breach in the Nazi empire. Two months earlier, a British officer鈥檚 body is found on a Spanish beach with documents revealing a Balkan invasion. The Germans seize them - but it鈥檚 a British ruse.
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