Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
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Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
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- Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
- 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 -- 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
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plans
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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