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The story of floating bodies in the spy sea
In World War II, the British allied forces landed in Sicily and captured this strategic place without blowing off dust, which was not unrelated to the body of a British officer named Major Martin. On April 30th, 1943, the body of "Major Martin" was washed up on the Spanish coast. Nazi spies got a secret letter from the body from Barton, commander of allied operations, to Eisenhower, supreme commander of allied forces. The letter said that the allies landed from Greece, which was intended to confuse the Germans and pretend to attack Sicily. The Germans were indeed sent to send more troops to Greece, and the Allies easily captured Sicily. 6 1 year, the identity of' Major Martin' has been a mystery. Just a few days ago, British historians revealed the inside story:' Major Martin' was actually a naval hero John Melville who died in World War II.
Major Martin blinded Hitler.
1943 On April 30th, the Spanish found a floating corpse in the waters of Fisherman's Well in Moore. It looks as if he fell into the sea and died because of a plane crash. The Spaniards found from the documents carried by the deceased that this person was actually a chief staff officer named' Martin' in the Allied Joint Action Command, and the body actually carried a secret letter from the Allied Supreme Commander Barton to the Allied Supreme Commander Eisenhower. The letter said that the allies were going to pretend to attack Sicily to confuse the Germans, but in fact they sent heavy troops to land from Greece. Due to the close relationship between Spain and Nazi Germany during World War II, this information was immediately and quickly notified to Nazi head of state Hitler. Hitler believed it and quickly transferred the main force stationed in Sicily to Greece, leaving only a small number of garrison guards. In fact, all this is a plan carefully designed by the British government called' Operation Meat'. The victory in the battlefield in North Africa made the Allies decide to liberate Europe and take Sicily, Italy as a breakthrough. But the Nazis were heavily guarded in Sicily, and if they stormed, the allies suffered heavy casualties. Finally, the British intelligence agency came up with a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The British spy agency dressed up an unknown corpse, named him "Martin" and "conferred" the rank of major, and stuffed various documents into his pocket to prove that he was an intelligence messenger of the Royal Navy.
Floating corpse reduces 30 thousand allied casualties
Major Martin's body was thrown by a British submarine near Spanish waters and washed up by the sea. The "important information" he carried really fell into the hands of German spies as planned. In order to give full play to the fake drama, the British army issued a statement that a British transport plane crashed over the Mediterranean Sea, killing many people on board, including a major officer named Martin. In the next few days, the Spanish government pretended to have just found the body of Major Martin and informed the British government that the British Embassy in Spain held a grand funeral for Martin in Spain. This series of activities was reported to Berlin by German spies. After reading the report, Hitler was overjoyed and even more convinced that Major Martin's information was true. Hitler excitedly transferred most of the Germans from Sicily to Greece. He never dreamed that he had been cheated by a corpse. A few days later, British Prime Minister Churchill received a telegram that read: "The whole piece of meat has been swallowed." 1on July 9, 943, the main allied forces quickly captured Sicily, which was weak in defense. British Prime Minister Churchill was deeply proud of the small number of casualties of the allied forces. It is estimated that the success of Operation Meat jiaozi saved the lives of at least 30,000 allied soldiers.
The hero's body is "reused"
After World War II, Churchill couldn't wait to reveal the inside story of "Operation Meat" in his memoirs, but he didn't reveal the true identity of "Major Martin". 6 1 year, the mystery of the identity of' Major Martin' has been puzzling the world, and Hollywood even made a spy war film "Floating corpse in the spy sea" featuring' Major Martin'. It was not until a few days ago that john still, a British historian, first revealed the inside story in his new book The Secrets of HMS. Major Martin's real identity is actually a British officer named John Melville on the British aircraft carrier. 1On March 27th, 943, the modified British aircraft carrier' Crasher' mysteriously exploded and sank in the Clyde estuary of Scotland, and 379 of the 528 soldiers on board died with the ship. Melville, a 37-year-old British officer at that time, was one of the victims. Melville's relatives believe that his body was later transported to a local cemetery in Adelson, Scotland. What Melville's grieving family never imagined was that Melville's body was secretly sent for a "special purpose". His body was packed in ice, on a British submarine named Seraphim, and sailed all the way to the Mediterranean.
Daughter hangs an empty tomb in 6 1 year.
6 1 For years, Melville's daughter isobel MacKay went to a tombstone in Ayrshire, Scotland every year to pay tribute to her father who died in World War II. Isobel had no idea that her resting place was an empty tomb, and her father's body was buried hundreds of miles away in Spain. Not long ago, john still, a British historian, knocked on her door and told her the truth about the whereabouts of her father's body. According to isobel, when she tried to visit her father's grave in Spain, she was told it was empty! Isobel said:' Although the Spanish held a funeral for Major Martin during World War II, the Germans may have dug up his body later, perhaps for a second autopsy and other reasons. My son and I are very eager to know where my father's body is now. I hope historians and German officials can help me solve this secret. "Last week, with the help of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, isobel officially held a memorial ceremony for his heroic father Major Martin. It is reported that this is the first time that the British military officially recognized' Major Martin' as the late World War II hero John Melville.