The man who never was

144 pages

English language

Published Dec. 20, 1996 by Oxford University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-19-285322-6
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It is the story of a World II deception by the Allies intended to dupe the Third Reich in believing that a sea landing in the Mediterranean would be in Greece instead that in Sicily where in reality occurred later. They drop a dead man dressed as an officer and carrying maps and documents in Spain coast which was eventually found by German spies. Hitler was informed and believed the information. He ordered a section of his troops out of Sicily.

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Subjects

  • Montagu, Ewen, 1901-
  • Operation Mincemeat
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily
  • Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 1870-1945