Saturday, June 4, 2022

Verlaine Poem used Prior to D-Day

https://www.vox.com/2014/6/6/5785954/how-paul-verlaine-helped-the-allies-pull-off-d-day 


     The success of Operation Overlord depended also on the French Resistance sabotaging rail lines and communications in Occupied France. These brave men and women were very effective. Verlaine's poem was used several lines at a time to specific groups as a code. The Germans heard and realized the liens related to the coming invasion, but did not know anything more.


     Verlaine is worth reading. I have some of his poetry on my Kindle. More about him and selected poems:


      https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-verlaine


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