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Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory, Ben Macintyre
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- Summary
- From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed, and the Allies ultimately chose
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- x, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307453273
- Label
- Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
- Title
- Operation Mincemeat
- Title remainder
- how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Macintyre
- Subject
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- Deception -- Spain | Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century
- trueDeception in men
- trueEngland -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain, Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- trueMilitary deception
- trueMilitary intelligence
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985
- Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueSecret service -- Great Britain
- Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy | Sicily
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain | Atlantic Coast
- trueOperation Mincemeat
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed, and the Allies ultimately chose
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2010
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 348465
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macintyre, Ben
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plans
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Montagu, Ewen
- Great Britain
- Operation Mincemeat
- World War, 1939-1945
- Deception
- Deception
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Sicily (Italy)
- Atlantic Coast (Spain)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory
- Label
- Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory, Ben Macintyre
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-387) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Control code
- 789704
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- x, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307453273
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009047562
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, plans
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780307453273
- (OCoLC)449845345
- Label
- Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory, Ben Macintyre
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-387) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 789704
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- x, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307453273
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009047562
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, plans
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307453273
- (OCoLC)449845345
Subject
- Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Deception -- Spain | Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century
- trueDeception in men
- trueEngland -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain, Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- trueMilitary deception
- trueMilitary intelligence
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985
- Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueSecret service -- Great Britain
- Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy | Sicily
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain | Atlantic Coast
- trueOperation Mincemeat
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