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A Great Story of the WW2 Great Game in China in a Photo

Posted: May 7th, 2024 | No Comments »

Here’s a photograph of an anonymous (at least to me) British SIS officer in Yatung, Tibet, in 1939. The photograph was taken by German photographer/explorer Ernst Shafer. Shafer (below with pipe) was himself an SS Officer in German intelligence under the patronage of Himmler. Great story to be dug out here some day when I get some time…



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