The King Who Fooled Hitler

7.0 2019 44 min

Documentary History

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: Paul Elston
Writer: Paul Elston

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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)

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