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.

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
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Photo Size 1,177 x 1,475 pixels
Photos at Same Place England, United Kingdom
Added By David Stubblebine
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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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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