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The story of Operation Mincemeat is true
- “The story of Operation Mincemeat is true,” explains Macintyre, who was involved in the process of making the film. “Very rarely does spying make much of a difference, but Operation Mincemeat made an enormous difference.
Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily.
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May 6, 2022 · Did Operation Mincemeat work? The Nazis recovered the briefcase from the Spanish, and a copy of the fake documents reportedly went straight to Adolf Hitler himself.
- Eloise Barry
May 13, 2022 · The Netflix drama 'Operation Mincemeat,' starring Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen, is based on the unbelievable true story of a macabre espionage mission.
May 4, 2022 · The Operation Mincemeat true story reveals that it was a secret ploy created by British intelligence in 1942-1943 to fool Nazi Germany into believing that the allies were planning to invade Greece, rather than their intended target, Sicily.
May 11, 2022 · The new Netflix film tells the improbable yet true story of a ruse the British used successfully against the Germans. OK, that’s putting it mildly. More specifically: British intelligence used...
- Marco Della Cava
- National Correspondent/San Francisco
Apr 14, 2022 · As the Allies plotted to invade Sicily in 1943, two British intelligence officers concocted an elaborate deception operation involving a corpse, a submarine, and a briefcase stuffed with documents. What followed would alter the course of WW2 – and save thousands of lives.
The false intelligence found its way onto Hitler's desk and was evidently believed as Germany ordered tanks divisions, artillery and boats to defend Greece, Sardinia and the Balkans. When Allied ...
