Operation Mainau was a German espionage mission during the Second World War. It was sanctioned and planned by the German secret service (Abwehr) and executed successfully on May 1940. The mission plan involved inserting Abwehr agent Hermann Görtz into Ireland by parachute.
Görtz successfully landed and established contact with his IRA contact "V-Held" (Agent Hero in German), real name Seamus 'Jim' O'Donovan.
Read more about Operation Mainau: Figures Involved, Mission Plan, Insertion and Contact With IRA
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