MelissaA
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Shilpa Karhik
Code Word Puzzle
September 24th 2006 00:03
During WWII while the Allied Forces were planning the Normandy invasion, a security panic occurred when Mr. Dawe, an ordinary physics teacher living in a small English town became caught up in a 1 in a million coincidence.
Mr Dawe had for more than 20 years, been compiling the crossword puzzles for the Daily Telegraph.
In May 1944, in Mr Dawe's crossword puzzles, the word 'Utah' appeared, followed in a subsequent puzzle by the word 'Omaha' , and in a third puzzle the word 'Mullberry'. On June the 2nd, just 4 days before the invasion of Normandy, Neptune and Overlord both appeared.
This caused British intelligence to launch an immediate investigation as while planning the Normandy invasion it had been decided that they would use certain code words:
'Utah' and 'Omaha' for the beaches of the landing, 'Mulberry', for the artificial harbour which would be constructed after the landing, 'Neptune' for the overall plan for Naval operations and last but not least 'Overlord' for the entire invasion.
British intelligence concluded their investigation with a finding that Mr Dawe was not a spy, had no knowledge of any plans to invade Normandy, and that the whole event had been a mere coincidence.
Mr Dawe had for more than 20 years, been compiling the crossword puzzles for the Daily Telegraph.
In May 1944, in Mr Dawe's crossword puzzles, the word 'Utah' appeared, followed in a subsequent puzzle by the word 'Omaha' , and in a third puzzle the word 'Mullberry'. On June the 2nd, just 4 days before the invasion of Normandy, Neptune and Overlord both appeared.
This caused British intelligence to launch an immediate investigation as while planning the Normandy invasion it had been decided that they would use certain code words:
'Utah' and 'Omaha' for the beaches of the landing, 'Mulberry', for the artificial harbour which would be constructed after the landing, 'Neptune' for the overall plan for Naval operations and last but not least 'Overlord' for the entire invasion.
British intelligence concluded their investigation with a finding that Mr Dawe was not a spy, had no knowledge of any plans to invade Normandy, and that the whole event had been a mere coincidence.
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