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The events were depicted in operation heartbreak, a 1950 novel by the former cabinet minister duff cooper, before one of the agents who. Best operation mincemeat pdf operation mincemeat was a successful british deception operation of the second world war to disguise the 1943 allied invasion of sicily. In 1943, from a windowless london basement office, two intel. The story of operation mincemeat was recounted by montagu himself in a 1953 memoir, the man who never was. Two members of british intelligence obtained the body of glyndwr michael, a tramp who died from eating rat poison, dressed him as an officer of the royal marines and placed personal. It hoodwinked the nazi espionage chiefs, sent german troops hurtling in the wrong direction, and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different, in one crucial respect, from any spy before or since. Joseph kanon, washington post book world thrilling.
Operation barclay, including operation mincemeat s and operation huskys objectives, paved the way for a successful allied encounter in sicily and deceit against the nazis in the balkans. Jun 05, 2010 operation mincemeat, an elaborate and sucessful ruse by british naval intelligence to conceal from the germans preparations to invade sicily in 1943, has been some time in coming to light. The purpose of the plancode 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 includes bibliographical references pages 383386 and index 1. Oct 17, 2018 operation mincemeat by ben macintyre, 2010, harmony books edition, in english 1st american ed. As a deception intended to cover the 1943 allied invas. In his new book, operation mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans. Though aware of this ruse, i knew not much more about it. Wwii, britain pulled off a cinemaworthy covert op inspired by a cinemaworthy writer.
Kim philby and the great betrayal who was the infamous british mi5 agent, who was really a double agent for russia, i. Macintyres meticulous research and the layers of his historcal understanding, is his elegant, jaunty, and very british high style. What makes operation mincemeat so winning, in addition to mr. May 12, 2010 operation mincemeat unfurls in the weeks and months before july 10, 1943, the day allied troops swept ashore along the coast of sicily in the first major assault against hitlers forces in. Two members of british intelligence obtained the body of glyndwr michael, a tramp who died from eating rat poison, dressed him as an officer of the royal marines and placed personal items on him identifying him as the fictitious captain acting major william. About operation mincemeat pure catnip to fans of world war ii thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.
The author originated the idea and helped carry it out, and his detailed description of these events gives a special insight into. Operation mincemeat, operation heartbreak, and the man who. Also known as the man who never was, martins personal details were created to lend credence to the scheme, which involved a body, dressed as a british officer and carrying. The basic story is well known, but since the appearance of the first book, the man who never was, an extraordinary amount of new material has become available. How a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the nazis and assured an. Read download operation mincemeat pdf pdf download.
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