Operation Mincemeat

How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

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• Ben Macintyre

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• 432 Seiten
• 16 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Kriege
• Kriegsliteratur
• Sachliteratur
• Weltgeschichte

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Set against the backdrop of World War II, the story reveals the ingenious Operation Mincemeat, devised by two intelligence officers in London. Their complex yet straightforward plan aimed to mislead the Nazis into believing the Allies would invade southern Europe through Greece or Sardinia, diverting attention from the actual target, Sicily. This clever deception highlights the lengths to which the Allies went to secure victory and the intricate strategies employed in wartime intelligence.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Einband: Paperback