I couldn’t find the article again. In essence words like Omaha, Neptune, Overlord, and Mulberry, all code names used for the Normandy invasion, were popping up in the London Telegraph newspaper just prior to the invasion.
British intelligence went after the writer of the crossword puzzles, who was nothing more than a teacher at a boy’s school. He was rather indignant, but no one could explain the coincidental nature of the clues.
Or was it just a coincidence? It turned out recently that the teacher often used his students to suggest words for his puzzles, and put them in the crossword. Many of the students were dependents of American military. The kids may have picked up the words from parental conversations and passed the on the the teacher as suggested puzzle answers.
Thanks. I vaguely remember a Brit tv show disclosing the crossword connection.
In WWII and for a few years afterwards, anyone exposing true Brit Intel secrets, often had a visit from the Brit’s Special Branches.
If you and your family were still alive after the first visit, you didn’t want them back for a second and final visit.
Or was it just a coincidence?
Jethro Gibbs rule #39.
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I vaguely remember a story about an American officer who was throwing around some inside knowlege at a London cocktail party, who was immediately fired and sent back to the States.
Overlord was such a gigantic undertaking many people knew vital secrets, even on a need to know basis. It's a miracle the Germans never figured it out, but then they didn't want to figure it out. The Fuehrer and the smart money were on Calais, not Normandy.