Chapter 166: The Normandy Front (4)

At this time, a fortuitous incident occurred, when the Germans found the bodies of two American officers on the Omaha beachhead where the Allies had landed, carrying with them all the combat plans of the US 5th Army and the 7th Army that had not had time to destroy during the landing. When this battle plan was handed over to the German high command, Major General Roenner, head of the German intelligence department on the Western Front, felt strange and could not help but remember that before the Allied landing in Sicily in 1943, the Allied forces used a well-prepared corpse, carried a fake landing plan for Sardinia, pretended to be drowned, and drifted down the tide to the Spanish coast. After obtaining this fake battle plan, Germany transferred its defensive forces to Sardinia, which greatly weakened the defenses in Sicily, and finally allowed the Allies to take advantage of the situation and occupy Sicily. Ron thought it was another Allies trick. Coupled with information obtained from various sources, including the "Garpot" and "Prosperity" resistance groups, it was believed that the real main attack of the Allies would be in Calais. This view was echoed by the head of operations of the German High Command, Colonel-General Jodl, who insisted that the Normandy landings were merely a diversionary feint, which eventually led Hitler to convene a military conference on 9 June to rediscuss the counterattack plan.

The Chief of the General Staff of the US Army, General Marshall, rushed to London and closely followed the movements of the German army together with personnel from the Supreme Command and the London Supervision Office. Discussions were underway about bombing all bridges over the Seine, including those in the city of Paris, in order to stop German reinforcements. At midnight, the confidential secretary sent a message that the "super secret" had just received:

Hitler ordered the 15th Army to return to Calais, and German troops from other parts of Western Europe rushed to reinforce Calais. - Everyone was relieved that, although the fighting in Normandy was still raging, everyone knew that the landing was already in victory. The most surprising was Bivan, who never imagined that the "Guardian Project" would achieve such a goal

A big success. Field Marshal Alan Brooke, Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, said: "Since Hitler was such a big fool, how could we defeat him with such a long time and so much energy?" Then, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and British Intelligence Director Menzies came to the High Command and spoke highly of the organization and implementation of the "Guardian Project": in the long history of British intelligence, this is the pinnacle of success!

All this revolves around the strategic deception and secrecy plan of the Normandy landing, which became a talisman to ensure the success of the landing. As Winston Churchill said, "The truth is so precious in war that it must be defended by lies." ”

The first near misses appeared inside the Allied High Command in London. At that time, a sergeant (German-American) working in the High Command was overworked and missed his sick sister, so he mistakenly sent a letter that was supposed to be sent to the attacking force to his sister's address and sent it to the United States by mistake. Fortunately, this person's sister's family are loyal American citizens, and the family history is innocent, and they have nothing to do with the Nazi organization. The US military came to the conclusion that the incident was purely accidental, and the fighters themselves were not punished very severely. But those who had seen the documents were in bad luck and were not only heavily censored, but also watched, their phones tapped, and told that they were not allowed to leave their homes at will, in effect, as if they were locked up, and they did not regain their freedom until after "D-Day".

The second danger occurred at a banquet at the Claridge Hotel in London. At that time, Major General Henry Miller, the principal commander of the US Ninth Air Force, was unable to control himself because he had drunk too much alcohol while attending the banquet, and he "opened his mouth" three times to loudly talk about the specific time of the "Overlord" operation, and his voice was so loud that even the attendants could hear it clearly. Fortunately, the banquet was also attended by US intelligence officer Evant, who, after hearing these speeches by Major General Miller, immediately reported to his superiors and dealt with them accordingly in a timely manner, so that the content of the "Overlord" operation was not further exposed. Of course, when General Eisenhower learned of this incident, he did not remember the face of Major General Miller's classmates at West Point, and did not hesitate to demote the person responsible for the accident, Miller, from the rank of major general to lieutenant colonel, and ordered him to return to the United States......

The Normandy landings were nearly leaked five times

But who would have thought that before this operation was launched, its plan of action was almost leaked five times, almost causing the bankruptcy of the entire operation.

The first near misses appeared inside the Allied High Command in London. At that time, a sergeant (German-American) working in the High Command was overworked and missed his sick sister, so he mistakenly sent a letter that was supposed to be sent to the attacking force to his sister's address and sent it to the United States by mistake. Fortunately, this person's sister's family are loyal American citizens, and the family history is innocent, and they have nothing to do with the Nazi organization. The US military came to the conclusion that the incident was purely accidental, and the fighters themselves were not punished very severely. But those who had seen the documents were in bad luck, not only under strict scrutiny, but also under surveillance, with their phones tapped, and told that they were not allowed to leave their homes at will, in fact.

The third near miss occurred in a London taxi. At that time, the deputy of the communications chief of the Allied High Command was on his way home by train when he lost the document bag containing all the communications plans of the "Overlord" operation, and he himself could not tell when, where, and how he lost the document bag. The Commissioner of Communications believed that the deputy had lost his bag because he was drunk, and dismissed him in anger. This is a very important document, which records all the communication networks and communication codes used by the Allied forces during the attack, and if these documents fall into the hands of the enemy, the "Overlord" operation will be undone. While the Commissioner was overwhelmed and anxious about finding the bag, a life-saving call came from the Lost and Found Division of the Metropolitan Police to inform him that he had found a bag with a "Top Secret" stamp bearing the address of the Communications Department. It turned out that when the deputy took a taxi to Waterloo train station, he left the document bag in the car, and the taxi driver picked it up and sent it to the lost and found.

The fourth danger occurred within the Allied High Command in London. At that time, it was the late spring and early summer season, and the sea breeze from the Atlantic Ocean frequented London. One day, two windows of the Allied Army Command office were suddenly blown open by a gust of wind, and all 12 top-secret documents placed on the table were carried out of the windows by the wind and fluttered on the street.

The officers immediately went downstairs to pick up the classified materials of the operation, and finally recovered 11 sheets, but the remaining 1 sheet could not be found. Two hours later, a citizen wearing deep myopia glasses came to the door, and when he saw the guard in the guard room of the headquarters, he said that he had picked up a piece of paper, on which a lot of content was densely printed, but it was extremely difficult to understand. After saying that, he handed the paper to the guards, and when he saw it, it was the twelfth that could not be found

The fifth near miss appeared during large-scale exercises that preceded the "D-Day". At that time, because the German Navy's rapid ** forces mixed into the US fleet participating in the exercise and launched an attack on the US landing ships, two US tank landing ships were sunk and one was seriously damaged. According to the investigation, there were more than 1,000 officers and men on board the two tank landing ships that were sunk, and 503 of them were missing; among these missing people, 10 officers knew the secrets of the "Overlord" operation, and if they were not found, it would be impossible to determine whether they had been taken away by the Germans, and the "Overlord" operation was in danger of being leaked. The Allied High Command decided to appoint General Bez to lead the recovery of the bodies and thoroughly investigate the situation of the missing persons. General Bez organized a salvage team, and after two days of continuous salvage, only 9 of the bodies were found, and 1 body was not found. It was only on the night of the third day that the waves washed the 10th corpse, and the "Overlord" operation was not overturned and redone.

As Li Ming, who is familiar with history, of course knows the inside story of this plan, Li Ming quietly pretended not to know anything, and the false information about the walk is definitely not true,。。。。。。。

Charades should be a game that many people have done, and this kind of game is a necessary process for children to become literate. Anagram makers often rack their brains to set up a puzzle because the puzzle is an important aspect of arousing a child's interest. A good puzzle can attract children's attention to a great extent and increase their interest in word puzzles. An elementary school principal was very impressed by this, and he used a lot of novel words in order to make the children have fun guessing charades, and he didn't want this "innovation" to lead to an unexpected coincidence.

London was bombed by German planes for a long time, and the city was in ruins. However, under the new Prime Minister, London was soon restored and schools were reopened. Terry, the headmaster of a primary school in North London, found that the children seemed to be affected by the war and were not interested in learning. In order to improve the children's interest, the principal personally compiled a set of anagrams, because the puzzles are novel and interesting, and are welcomed by the majority of children, so that the students' learning efficiency is greatly improved. This measure was recognized by all sides, and even the newspapers reported on Terry's originality, and even reported all his anagrams for all parties to learn.

The Daily Telegraph published Terry's anagram, which set off a wave of guessing in the UK. At the end of November 1947, a staff officer at the British High Command bought a copy of the Daily Telegraph for that day while commuting to work on a train. After the staff officer had browsed through the main news, he saw the anagram on the supplement and thought it was very interesting, so he guessed it. However, when he guessed the first word, he was shocked. The first word in the puzzle is "Omaha", and ordinary people think it's normal when they see this word, it's just a novelty. However, this staff officer of the Supreme Command was different, he knew that this was a major operation that was about to begin - a landing site code for the Normandy landings. However, the staff officer thought it was just a coincidence, so although he was surprised, he did not show it obviously.

However, as the mystery progressed, the staff officer could barely sit still. The second puzzle is "Utah", which is another of the two landing sites, that is, Terry's first two anagrams, which accurately state the landing site of the Normandy landing. In the ensuing anagram, the staff officer saw the "Overlord", a code-name for the Allied military operations in Northern Europe to attract the attention of Germany in preparation for a strategic feint in conjunction with the Normandy landings.

The shock of this to a staff officer was indescribable, and he sat in his seat sweating profusely. Because these are the top military secrets of Britain and even the Allies at this stage, he, as a senior staff officer, is qualified to know these secrets. Except for the command, all the field units did not know, not even the top commanders of the armies who carried out this task. And a small anagram turned out to be a top secret information to the public, which could not but surprise him. He believed that it was a German spy who had detected the Allied military secrets and sent a message to the country in this anagram. The ensuing mystery further confirmed his suspicions, and the secret harbor established in the south of England for the landing operation also appeared in the mystery. In addition, there is the code name "Neptune" for the full-front offense......