La bugia più sorprendente della storia
Come un allevatore di polli, una coppia di principesse e 27 spie immaginarie hanno aiutato gli Alleati a vincere la Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
In the weeks leading up to D-day, Allied commanders had their best game faces on. “This operation is not being planned with any alternatives,” barked General Dwight D. Eisenhower. “This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be!” Indeed, more than 6,000 ships were ready to cruise across the English Channel to plant the first wave of two million troops on the white beaches of Normandy. Nearly 20,000 vehicles would crawl ashore as 13,000 planes dropped thousands of tons of explosives and thousands of paratroopers. L'enorme dimensione dell'invasione — sarebbe stata la più grande della storia — era sbalorditiva. Ma anche… Continua a leggereFonte: http://mentalfloss.com/article/58468/most-amazing-lie-history
