Ian Fleming and Operation Ruthless - Birth of the Pinch Attack

Ian Fleming and Operation Ruthless - Birth of the Pinch Attack With David O'Keefe Part of Raids and Operations Week on WW2TV More WW2TV content about Commando Missions and Special Operations by units such as the SAS, SBS, Chindits, Alamo Scouts etc    • Commando Missions and Special Operations   David O'Keefe is a Military Historian, best-selling author, Professor of History, Documentarian, Creator, Host, Writer, Producer for History Television and UKTV.   / okeefehistorian   Operation Ruthless was an unrealised British deception operation that planned to acquire German Enigma encryption information, codebooks and documents. It was planned by the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre, a primary beneficiary of the 'Ultra' decrypts, and was developed by Commander Ian Fleming. It involved using a captured German Heinkel bomber flown by a five-man British crew wearing German uniforms and covered with 'blood' and bandages, to follow on behind aircraft returning from a night bombing raid of the UK. As it passed over the middle of the English Channel, it would cut one engine and lose height with smoke pouring from a 'candle' in the tail, send an SOS distress signal and ditch into the sea. The crew would then take to a rubber dinghy, having ensured that the bomber sank before the Germans could identify it, and wait to be rescued by a German naval vessel, preferably a minesweeper. When on board, the 'survivors', one of whom was to speak fluent German, would then kill the German crew, and sail the captured vessel, complete with its Enigma machine and documentation, to a port on the south coast of England. One Day in August by David O'Keefe UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978178... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97817857... You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Merchandise https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/ww2tv WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Books by WW2TV host Paul Woodadge: World War II Battlefields: Battle Sites Today UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978183... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97818388... Angels of Mercy USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97814819...