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January 5, 2010 ·
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The true identity of the man whose body was used in the deception had never been conclusively determined, but now a historian has claimed to have proven that the individual was a homeless Welshman called Glyndwr Michael.
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Historian identifies "man who never was"
By T.K. RandallJanuary 5, 2010 ·
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A historian has claimed to have proved the identity of the "Man Who Never Was" who was used as a deception during World War 2.
In 1943 the allies planned to invade Sicily and in an effort to put the Germans off the scent they put together one of the most ingenious deceptions ever devised. A body was prepared, loaded with "secret documents" and dumped in to the sea - it was later found by the Germans who believed the documents to be genuine, leading them to believe the attack would be on Greece instead.The true identity of the man whose body was used in the deception had never been conclusively determined, but now a historian has claimed to have proven that the individual was a homeless Welshman called Glyndwr Michael.
A historian claims to have conclusively proved the identity of the "Man Who Never Was", whose body was used in a spectacular plot to deceive the Germans over the invasion of Sicily in the Second World War, Ian Johnston reports.
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