An Saighdear Nach Robh Riamh Ann/The Soldier Who Never Was
Mealladh Breatannach a chuidich leis an ionnsaigh air Sicily ann an 1943. How a darkly humorous British ruse helped the 1943 landing in Sicily.
10 an t-Iuchar 1943: Tha saighdearan a’ Chaidreibh a’ dol air tìr ann an Sicily, toiseach a’ chrìch dha ìmpireachd nan Nàsach. Dà mhìos ron sin, chaidh corp oifigear Breatannach a lorg air tràigh anns an Spàinn le pàipearan ag innse mu ionnsaigh air na dùthchannan Bàlcanach na chois. Tha na Gearmailtich a’ faighinn grèim air na pàipearan – ach chan eil ann ach cleas Breatannach.
10 July 1943 : Allied troops land in Sicily, opening a breach in the Nazi empire. Two months earlier, a British officer’s body is found on a Spanish beach with documents revealing a Balkan invasion. The Germans seize them - but it’s a British ruse.
Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles
On TV
Broadcast
- Thu 11 Jun 202621:00
