Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory / Ben Macintyre.
By: Macintyre, Ben.
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BookPublisher: New York : Harmony Books c2010Edition: 1st American ed.Description: x, 400 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307453273 (trade); 0307453278.Subject(s): Operation Mincemeat | World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain | Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985 | Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Deception -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily | Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century | Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century | Operation Mincemeat | World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Secret service | Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985 | Deception -- History | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Coast (Spain) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Sicily (Italy) | Sicily (Italy) -- Military history | Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- Military historyDDC classification: 940.54/8641 Summary: Reveals the details of the 1943 plan by British intelligence to deceive Germany into believing an Allied invasion would take place either in Greece or Sardinia rather than in Sicily.
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Kirkus Review, March 2010
Reveals the details of the 1943 plan by British intelligence to deceive Germany into believing an Allied invasion would take place either in Greece or Sardinia rather than in Sicily.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-387) and index.
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