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The King Who Fooled Hitler
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The King Who Fooled Hitler

2019
Directed byPaul Elston
0h 44m

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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Helen McCroryNarrator (voice)Richard J. AldrichSelf - University of WarwickRory CormacSelf - Associate Professor, Nottingham University
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King George VI of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
Neville ChamberlainSelf (archive footage)
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
Caroline ErskineSelf - Daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles
Adolf HitlerSelf - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
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GENRES
DocumentaryHistory
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.0

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