Bibliograph

Operation mincemeat, how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre

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Operation mincemeat, how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-636) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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publication of autonomous or semi autonomous component of government

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Operation mincemeat

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

564132878

Responsibility statement

Ben Macintyre

Sub title

how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory

Summary

In 1943, from a windowless basement office in London, two brilliant intelligence officers conceived a plan that was both simple and complicated, Operation Mincemeat. The purpose? 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

Target audience

general

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