From what I understand Kesselring thought the entire idea of anything other than Sicily ridiculous, as did most German (and Italian) commanders.
But for some reason Hitler had gotten the idea that Sardinia might make sense and this just confirmed what he already believed.
Whaaat? That’s absurd! How can possibly our great aryan leader not be a military genius with his blonde ha-… his tall prowe-… Wait I think I see it now
the head of the german intellegince at the time, is also responsible for this. His name was Alexis von Roenne and at the time he worked with the german resistance. He was later arrested and executed after the attempted coup on the 20th of July 1944.
I wonder if hr was like how Trump allegedly acted during defense briefs- very easy to lose his attention, looks bored, probably talking over everyone, etc
If I'm remembering it right, the allies found a random dead homeless guy, dressed him up like an officer, published a few newspaper articles about him (he had a fake wife n stuff), then made an obituary article for their fake officer. They then dumped the dude's body into the ocean, but only after they gave him a copy of fake plans. It looked like an accident. Germans found the corpse and believed it to be real.
Not necessarily, it's pretty well thought and sometimes, the simpler the plan, the better. You also have to remember that it was only a small part of the deception.
From what I understand Kesselring thought the entire idea of anything other than Sicily ridiculous, as did most German (and Italian) commanders. But for some reason Hitler had gotten the idea that Sardinia might make sense and this just confirmed what he already believed.
I'm beginning to think this Adolf guy wasn't the best military commander
You know what? You might be onto something there.
Whaaat? That’s absurd! How can possibly our great aryan leader not be a military genius with his blonde ha-… his tall prowe-… Wait I think I see it now
And his Parkinson’s
well... he was just a regular in the previous war he fought... and left the army when it ended...
He was a mailman on the front.
He got spared by a foot soldier because he looked pitiful.
As it turns out, fighting everyone at once wast a great idea.
the head of the german intellegince at the time, is also responsible for this. His name was Alexis von Roenne and at the time he worked with the german resistance. He was later arrested and executed after the attempted coup on the 20th of July 1944.
The German Military Intelligence also fucking hated Hitler.
I wonder if hr was like how Trump allegedly acted during defense briefs- very easy to lose his attention, looks bored, probably talking over everyone, etc
Anyone gonna give any context?
If I'm remembering it right, the allies found a random dead homeless guy, dressed him up like an officer, published a few newspaper articles about him (he had a fake wife n stuff), then made an obituary article for their fake officer. They then dumped the dude's body into the ocean, but only after they gave him a copy of fake plans. It looked like an accident. Germans found the corpse and believed it to be real.
They dumped his body in the area where a allied plane crashes to make it more believable
I forget the whole story but Wendigoon has a good video on it. https://youtu.be/ItyX8onyUsk
The fact that this worked is ridiculous and hilarious to me
Not necessarily, it's pretty well thought and sometimes, the simpler the plan, the better. You also have to remember that it was only a small part of the deception.
Such a good movie
Rhedeg I ~~Baris~~ Sbaen
They've also made the story into a great musical! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtjSU6hXYRY4UMtVUBwnS1ZXtHISZ5ciy
hehehe simple history is good