The real life operation that may have inspired Goldfinger

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The real life operation that may have inspired Goldfinger

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http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/2010/04/ ... urage.html talks about a World War 2 military operation that may have inspired the pre-credits sequence of Goldfinger.
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Re: The real life operation that may have inspired Goldfinger

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That is cool! There was another story about how Fleming may have been inspired for the Moonraker story by a Nazi scientist working for teh Brits after WWII.

What I liked about it was the like the Bond adventure it was, Sean Connery getting out of a wet suit with all dapper and ready to go was labeled unrealistic in the last few years and it turns out to be more realistic than all the Bourne movies put together :D
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