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False letter from Admiral Louis Mountbatten to Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham created along with other fictitious letters as part of Operation Mincemeat, Apr 1943.

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Caption     False letter from Admiral Louis Mountbatten to Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham created along with other fictitious letters as part of Operation Mincemeat, Apr 1943. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name England, United Kingdom
Date  Apr 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
 
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Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,177 x 1,475 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
6 Aug 2016 09:34:02 PM

Note the clumsy joke at the end of the letter about sardines. This was meant to suggest to the Germans that Sardinia was the Allied target (clumsy perhaps; but it worked!).

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