It’s not that I don’t think this is true (or that I think it was anything more than coincidence), but can anybody provide documentation that a crossword puzzle contained various D-Day references shortly before the invasion of Normandy?
According to this site, yes but it was a coincidence
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One of the biggest scares that the intelligence community had was not from someone in the ranks, but a civilian writer for a newspaper. Leonard Dawe, the senior crossword compiler for the London Dailey Telegraph, created some of the most challenging crossword puzzles. Starting May 2 Dawe had been under investigation for counterespionage. Code words used for the invasion had been the answers for many of the crosswords. One of the answers was “Overlord” the name for the invasion which appeared on June 2, three days before the scheduled invasion and four days before the actual invasion. Other code words in the crosswords included:
“Utah” Code name for one of the American beaches, appeared on May 2
“Omaha” Code name for the other American beach, appeared on May 22
“Mulberry” Code name for the artificial harbor the allies were to install at Cherbourg, appeared on May 30
“Neptune” Code name for the naval part of the invasion, appeared on June 1
Dawe was not guilty of counterespionage, the crossword puzzles that these words had appeared in were prepared months in advance and the appearance of these words just before the invasion was entirely just before the invasion was entirely coincidence…[/QUOTE
Yup, found that site and one other, but they don’t provide any documentation. Thanks anyway.
The photo section of the book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan contains reproductions of some of the crossword puzzles in question.
>>The photo section of the book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan …<<
Got it!! Many thanks!
If I can find my copy of it, I’ll even scan the images tomorrow and post them on my pr0n site.