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Operation Mincemeat

The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II

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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.

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Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre

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2010
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Titolo
Operation Mincemeat
Sottotitolo
The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Bloomsbury
Pubblicato
2010
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
416
ISBN10
1408806002
ISBN13
9781408806005
Serie
Descrizione
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.