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The King Who Fooled Hitler

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In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.

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Director(s): Paul Elston

Writer(s): Paul Elston

Producer(s): Paul Elston

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Keywords

world war ii

Cast

Helen McCrory

Narrator (voice)

Richard J. Aldrich

Self - University of Warwick

Rory Cormac

Self - Associate Professor, Nottingham University

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Caroline Erskine

Self - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles

Adolf Hitler

Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Reviews

Peter McGinn

I watched this documentary because of my long term interest in the history of the British Monarchy. I have always appreciated King George VII because he overcame a lot to become such a worthy king. He...