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appointments in
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who helped organise several military deceptions during
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Churchill's
Wizards:The British Genius For Deception
285:holy orders. In 1958, his first appointment was as
301:, followed by eight years at Holy Trinity Church,
85:in 1933 and served in the 1st Battalion based at
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210:, with the aim of fooling the Germans that the
198:and requested that Strangeways take charge of
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317:and, in 1977, became Chancellor and Senior
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117:began in earnest. Sent from the
113:In 1942, Strangeways' career in
226:After the Allies' victory over
139:Allied invasion of North Africa
63:Strangeways Research Laboratory
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386:Levine, Joseph (2012).
323:St Paul's Pro-Cathedral
255:East Yorkshire Regiment
71:Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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549:List of Ops (B) staff
204:Operation Quicksilver
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263:Communist insurgency
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778:Double-Cross System
674:George Vander Sluis
649:Louis Dalton Porter
388:Operation Fortitude
208:Operation Fortitude
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859:Dušan Popov
626:Peter Proud
616:Tony Ayrton
295:Symondsbury
265:during the
173:Middle East
135:Axis powers
59:Strangeways
40:holy orders
1105:Categories
1033:Hardboiled
1018:Chettyford
937:Copperhead
921:Operations
867:(Watchdog)
861:(Tricycle)
855:(Treasure)
664:Bill Blass
641:Ghost Army
594:Camouflage
559:D Division
511:John Bevan
344:References
232:Westphalia
177:radio nets
119:War Office
69:and later
46:Early life
1048:Scherhorn
1038:Mincemeat
952:Fortitude
947:Ferdinand
929:Bodyguard
873:(Zig-Zag)
831:(Rainbow)
763:Paradummy
621:Hugh Cott
539:Noel Wild
480:'A' Force
325:, Malta.
315:Stockholm
281:and gain
236:the Rhine
158:Brigadier
109:Deception
87:Aldershot
52:Cambridge
1083:(Vol. 5)
1008:Boardman
977:Zeppelin
962:Ironside
957:Graffham
907:American
843:(Summer)
819:(Brutus)
807:(Artist)
669:Art Kane
330:dioceses
307:Chaplain
283:Anglican
222:Post-war
1023:Cockade
1013:Cascade
1003:Bertram
998:Barclay
967:Titanic
912:British
813:(Garbo)
723:R Force
531:Ops (B)
338:Norwich
200:R-Force
165:A-Force
105:barge.
99:Dunkirk
30:in the
28:colonel
1043:Pastel
1028:Forfar
902:Allied
849:(Tate)
837:(Snow)
825:(Fido)
756:Decoys
458:Allied
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287:curate
259:Malaya
248:Greece
181:Allied
123:London
103:Thames
95:France
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740:Other
683:Other
319:Canon
240:staff
185:Tunis
143:Malta
127:Cairo
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