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     • It’s a great story, but what’s even more impressive is that it’s actually true: the whole film is based on the real-life events of Operation Postmaster, one of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)’s most successful wartime missions ever.
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   Is Operation Postmaster based on a true story?

   • It’s a great story, but what’s even more impressive is that it’s actually true: the whole film is based on the real-life events of Operation Postmaster, one of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)’s most successful wartime missions ever. Here’s what to know about what really went down, and where the film might have taken some creative liberties.

   The true story behind The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the

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   Was Operation Postmaster real?

   • That assistance was real, too. As for Operation Postmaster, just like in the film, it took place on the island of Fernando Po in January 1942. But, unlike the film, the goal was never to blow up and sink the Duchessa d’Aosta. (Yes, that was the real name of the real ship; it was an Italian merchant vessel).

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   Was Operation Postmaster just a classical story?

   • It wasn’t just your classical story of the British fighting the Germans.” Operation Postmaster involved a group of special operatives, led by Gus March-Phillipps (Henry Cavill), who were tasked with destroying ships used to supply the German U-boats then terrorizing British waters.

   'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare': What's true, fiction in movie

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   What was Operation Postmaster?

   • Known as Operation Postmaster, the brash mission sparked an international incident and proved the power of the Special Operations Executive, a top-secret British organization devoted to sowing sabotage and mayhem.

   The real spies who inspired ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’

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   Is the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare based on a true story?

   • Guy Ritchie’s “ The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ” is indeed based on real events, and real people. But, like any movie adaptation, some things are fictionalized, so we’re here to tell you the real story of it all.

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   Where did Operation Postmaster take place?

   • Against this backdrop, in early 1942 Operation Postmaster was conceived as the first mission for SSRF, and Fernando Po, a Spanish island in the Gulf of Guinea (now Bioko in Equatorial Guinea), emerged as a focal point.

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   Apr 19, 2024 · ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’: Here’s the True Story of Operation Postmaster. Yes, Guy Ritchie’s film is based on real events – but they went a little differently. Lionsgate

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   Jul 25, 2024 · It’s a great story, but what’s even more impressive is that it’s actually true: the whole film is based on the real-life events of Operation Postmaster, one of the Special Operations...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Is The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare based on a book? Yes. The movie is based on Damien Lewis' 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperados of World War II, which is based on Britain's covert unit known as the Special Operations Executive (SOE) that conducted operations during WWII. Guy ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · In fact, documents concerning an essential mission, dubbed Operation Postmaster and undertaken by the British War Office, were only recently declassified.

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Known as Operation Postmaster, the brash mission sparked an international incident and proved the power of the Special Operations Executive, a top-secret British organization devoted to sowing...

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   Aug 12, 2024 · Operation Postmaster was an audacious and meticulously planned clandestine mission, carried out by the Special Operations Executive in January 1942, with the objective of undermining and disrupting Axis supply lines. SOE had been established in 1940 by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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    Apr 20, 2024 · In Guy Ritchie’s R-rated action comedy “ The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” British prime minister Winston Churchill (Rory Kinnear) helps orchestrate the covert Operation Postmaster,...