"Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt may have helped the NazisSoviet mole revealed in new book as the possible figure behind traitor codenamed Josephine, who leaked secret plans to Germans in 1944.
...The MI5 double agent, who was exposed as a Soviet mole in 1979, has been revealed as the possible figure behind the traitor codenamed Josephine, who leaked details of Operation Market Garden to the Germans in 1944.
...new book claims to have unearthed evidence suggesting Blunt may have also been responsible for leaking vital intelligence to the Nazis, warning Hitler of secret plans to drop 40,000 Allied troops into the Netherlands to secure bridges over the Rhine.Known as Operation Market Garden, the airborne invasion took place on September 17 1944 and was intended to clear the path to Berlin and hasten the end of the war.British and American troops met fierce resistance from Panzer divisions and the Allies suffered their last defeat of the war, with more than 17,000 casualties."
