Posted on 05/14/2022 8:55:21 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Supposedly the corpse of the fictional Major Martin was not that of Welsh tramp, but that of an unknown sailor from the
HMS ARCHER, The ARCHER was an escort which exploded and sank from an explosion in the aviation gasoline storage tank.
The story that the body came from a tramp was a cover story in that a homeless person would have been malnourished and also suffering from alcoholism which would have been detected at autopsy.
I caught it the other night. It was a fine production. I never cease to be amazed at the British gift for counterintelligence.
As a Boomer, I can confidently state that the movie is a remake of a 50’s film titled “The Man Who Never Was,” with actor Clifton Webb. It’s just Hollywood pretending to have original ideas again.
I have the book from years ago and always knew about Fleming (thats with 1 “M”). In fact this came from an idea from a spy mystery novel about a parachutist found on a farm. The British also pulled off a similar ruse in WWI by having a scout in the mid east drop false war plans on the battlefield.
Yes it’s in there. This version speculated that there were posible German saboteurs working to oust Hitler and they may have used this hoax to hurt the German cause. This included the spy who confronted the fake girlfriend. So the hoax may have worked completely or the German deep state used it to defy Hitler.
The Man Who Never Was. An excellent movie starring Clifton Web.
Yep, that’s it. Thanks.
If anyone is in the neighborhood, The Citadel in Charleston SC has the trunk of HMS Seraph on campus. (The trunk which is used to load torpedoes, and acts as an airlock, and it was thru that trunk that Miller was extracted)
The reviewer says “Hitler bought it” reminding me how he repetitively overruled his Generals and insisted on not taking their advice on strategy fancying himself a master strategist since he had served as a Corporal in WWI as a messenger.
Sad how these people of little intelligence seem to rise to amazing levels of power!
Strangely, much like America in November of 2020! Ugh!
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