Historical figure

Ewen Montagu

1901 – 1985

British Royal Navy intelligence officer World War II United Kingdom

Intelligence officer who devised Operation Mincemeat with Charles Cholmondeley. He later wrote the story in the book The Man Who Never Was.

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Ben Macintyre · Harmony Books · 2010 Discussed in Operation Mincemeat: The Body, Fake Documents, and the Deception that Changed Sicily Invasion
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The Man Who Never Was Ewen Montagu · Evans Brothers · 1953 Discussed in Operation Mincemeat: The Body, Fake Documents, and the Deception that Changed Sicily Invasion

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Operation Mincemeat: The Body, Fake Documents, and the Deception that Changed Sicily Invasion

In early 1943, the Allies planned to invade Sicily under the codename Husky. The island was a logical entry point to Southern Europe, but precisely because of that…

April - Juli 1943 3 min read 11 Nov 8, 2026

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