The fort was previously held by the British during Operation Compass, so the layout of its outer and inner defences were available for study therefore the fort, unassailable to an army, could be penetrated by a single man. The LRDG dropped Karl in front of Fort Rifugio, where the informant was being held. Hitchhiking with the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), Fairburne opens a path for them amid Flak 88 batteries in Halfaya Pass (called 'Hellfire Pass' by the troops) in their search for the informant.Īs it happened, he had been compromised and captured before he could find out what Project Seuche was. The trail of orders found in the bodies of German and Italian officers hinted to a mysterious Project Seuche (literally meaning plague in German). Tobruk was lost but the British Naval Intelligence had noticed Karl's skills and recruited him as an agent to infiltrate the Axis-held oasis of Gaberoun to investigate the whereabouts of a British informant that was following the trail of General Franz Vahlen. In December 1941 to March 1943, Karl Fairburne was a volunteer sniper in the British Army defending Tobruk during the Battle of Gazala. And the recruitment/elimination of Nazi scientists.Karl has been charged with various objectives, including: He was often sent as a solo infiltration commando but could operate with friendly forces on the terrain those missions often being of the most top secret espionage missions during the second world War. Karl's skill as a sniper was unmatched and he became a great asset to the allies during the Second World War. He studied at the United States Military Academy at West Point, shortly after America's entrance into World War II in December of 1941, where he became a qualified Sniper. He was the son of an British-American ambassador to Germany before the war broke out, and was raised in Berlin.

Very little is known about Karl's life prior to his military service.

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