Ian Fleming D-Day.

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• Xando Posts: 62MI6 Agent

  June 23 edited June 23

  Hi Marker, unfortunately your link no longer works. To whom it concerns: Thank you for freeing Austria from the Nazis!
• Revelator Posts: 604MI6 Agent

  June 24

  Is this the article?

  https://archive.is/YFjce
• Marker Posts: 154MI6 Agent

  June 25

  @Revelator it appears so.

  @Xando yes, as I mentioned in the OP, the article was only available over that weekend, but that's now been solved. FYI my father was part of the allied (British) army who moved into Austria from Italy at the end of WW2.

  Author of 'An Ungentlemanly Act' and 'Execution of Duty'. The WW2 espionage series starring Harry Flynn.
• Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,331MI6 Agent

  July 3 edited July 3

  Thanks for the heads-up, Marker. Mycket bra! I'm posting the story in the "Real stories of espionage and special operations" thread.: https://www.ajb007.co.uk/discussion/51043/real-stories-from-the-world-of-espionage-and-special-operations#latest
• Marker Posts: 154MI6 Agent

  July 6

  @Number24 you're welcome.

  Author of 'An Ungentlemanly Act' and 'Execution of Duty'. The WW2 espionage series starring Harry Flynn.
• Thomo ReadingPosts: 964MI6 Agent

  July 31

  thanks for sharing that :-)
• Xando Posts: 62MI6 Agent

  August 16

  I am from Tyrol, Austria. Liberating my Country involved Operation Greenup by Allied Forces.

  https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/operation-greenup-real-inglourious-basterds

  These Guys were the Inspiration for Tarantinos Inglorious Bastards.