Real spies who inspired The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Ministry of Ungentlemantly Warfare is inspired by real life and real spies, but it also has some creative elements. As the film is streaming from July 25 on Prime Video, here we are to make it clear what is real and what is fictional in the film. Directed by Guy Ritchie, the film is primarily based on the 2014 book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is now streaming on Prime Video. It has a great storyline, and the stories shown in the film are actually true. The film is inspired by the real-life story of Operation Postmaster. Wondering what the operation was all about? It was basically a wartime mission.

At the start of World War II, Winston Churchill hoped to change the strategy for the war by forming the Special Operation Executive, also called Churchill's Secret Army, to carry out espionage.

The mission, called Operation Postmaster, was headed by Major Gustavus March-Phillipps and Geoffrey Appleyard. But in the film, a team comes together specifically for the raid in question. In real life, the commanders were already in operation as the No. 62 Commando Unit, also called the Small Scale Raiding Force. The British Commandos were created on orders from Winston Churchill in 1940 after the Dunkirk evacuation.

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The character of Gus March-Phillips in the film is played by British actor Henry Cavill. Wondering who Gus March-Phillips was? He was a real man who was the founder of No. 62 Commando.

He received the Distinguished Service Order in 1942. Gus died during an operation only in 1942.

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