Images Dated 2nd June 2009

Operation Mincemeat - site of grave of Major Martin

Site of the grave of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943, an elaborate and successful deception by British forces in World War Two (codenamed Operation Mincemeat) to convince German high command that the Allies were planning to attack Greece and Sardinia in 1943 rather than Sicily, the actual objective. Major Martin never in fact existed and his body was that of Glyndwr Michael, a homeless man who had died in January 1943. Date: 1943

© Mary Evans / The National Archives, London. England

Operation Mincemeat - gravestone of Major Martin

Gravestone of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943, an elaborate and successful deception by British forces in World War Two (codenamed Operation Mincemeat) to convince German high command that the Allies were planning to attack Greece and Sardinia in 1943 rather than Sicily, the actual objective. Major Martin never in fact existed and his body was that of Glyndwr Michael, a homeless man who had died in January 1943. Date: 1943

© Mary Evans / The National Archives, London. England

Male Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) on rocky ridge near Arolla pines

Male Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) on rocky ridge near Arolla pines (Pinus cembra) Western Tatras, Carpathian Mountains, Slovakia, June 2009

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