monitor and counter the stepped up surveillance and sabotage activities by the Axis powers who suspected that some type of military action would occur in the Mediterranean area. The 10th Light Flotilla, an elite unit of Italian navy frogmen, would use wrecked ships in Gibraltar to launch attacks on Allied shipping. The reduced risk of Nazi occupation of Spain brought about the shutdown of Goldeneye in August 1943, along with the associated plan, Operation Tracer. Post-war legacy Fleming later dubbed his Jamaican estate "Goldeneye", and began writing his series of James Bond novels there. The name was also used for the title of the seventeenth James Bond film, GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Notes and references Notes References Bibliography 1940 establishments in the United Kingdom 1943 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Cancelled military operations of World War II Gibraltar in World War II Operation Goldeneye Operation Goldeneye Intelligence operations Non-combat military operations Spain in World War II Spain–United Kingdom military relations World War II deception operations World War II espionage