On April 30, 1943, a Spanish fisherman came across the floating body of Major William Martin of the Royal Marines. Handcuffed to the corpse was a satchel with top-secret plans for the Allied invasions of Greece and Sardinia.

With the information gathered from this intelligence, the Germans moved their troops into position to counter the planned landing.

...and Allies couldn’t have been happier.

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