An edition of Operation Mincemeat (1920)

Operation Mincemeat

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

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An edition of Operation Mincemeat (1920)

Operation Mincemeat

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

1st American ed.
  • 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 39 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

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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Harmony Books
Language
English
Pages
400

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Operation Mincemeat : The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
Apr 24, 1920, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC, Bloomsbury

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-387) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/8641
Library of Congress
D810.S7 M246 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 400 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
400

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24534756M
Internet Archive
operationminceme00maci
ISBN 10
0307453278
ISBN 13
9780307453273
LCCN
2009047562
OCLC/WorldCat
449845345

Work Description

Ben Macintyre's Agent Zigzag was hailed as "rollicking, spellbinding" (New York Times), "wildly improbable but entirely true" (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, "the best book ever written" (Boston Globe). In his new book, Operation Mincemeat, he tells an extraordinary story that will delight his legions of fans.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.Charles Cholmondeley of MI5 and the British naval intelligence officer Ewen Montagu could not have been more different. Cholmondeley was a dreamer seeking adventure. Montagu was an aristocratic, detail-oriented barrister. But together they were the perfect team and created an ingenious plan: Get a corpse, equip it with secret (but false and misleading) papers concerning the invasion, then drop it off the coast of Spain where German spies would, they hoped, take the bait. The idea was approved by British intelligence officials, including Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond). Winston Churchill believed it might ring true to the Axis and help bring victory to the Allies.Filled with spies, double agents, rogues, fearless heroes, and one very important corpse, the story of Operation Mincemeat reads like an international thriller.Unveiling never-before-released material, Ben Macintyre brings the reader right into the minds of intelligence officers, their moles and spies, and the German Abwehr agents who suffered the "twin frailties of wishfulness and yesmanship." He weaves together the eccentric personalities of Cholmondeley and Montagu and their near-impossible feats into a riveting adventure that not only saved thousands of lives but paved the way for a pivotal battle in Sicily and, ultimately, Allied success in the war.From the Hardcover edition.

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