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In the ensuing weeks, the Germans mobilized significant military resources based on the intelligence gleaned from Major Martin’s documents. Troops were dispatched to Greece; fortifications were reinforced, and many believed that the Allies would strike there.
However, on July 10, 1943, the Allies launched their actual invasion in Sicily—where the Germans were unprepared and vulnerable. The success of this operation not only shifted the tide of the war but also exposed the inefficiencies and overconfidence within German intelligence and command structures.