Bonner Fellers
Brigadier General Bonner Frank Fellers (February 7, 1896 – October 7, 1973) was a United States Army officer who served during World War II as a military attaché and director of psychological warfare. He is notable as the military attaché in Egypt whose extensive transmissions of detailed British tactical information were unknowingly intercepted by Axis agents and passed to Nazi German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel for over six months, which contributed to disastrous British defeats at Gazala and Tobruk in June 1942.
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Birth name | Bonner Frank Fellers |
Born | Ridge Farm, Illinois, United States | February 7, 1896
Died | October 7, 1973 77) Washington, D.C., United States | (aged
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1918–1946 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Service number | 0-12134 |
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Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit |
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