![]() ![]() His mission: to convince the Germans that instead of attacking Sicily, the Allied armies planned to invade Greece. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs, sent German troops hurtling in the wrong direction, and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different, in one crucial respect, from any spy before or since: he was dead. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and certainly the strangest. ![]() Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining' Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker April, 1943: a sardine fisherman spots the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and sets off a train of events that would change the course of the Second World War. The thrilling true story of the greatest and most successful wartime deception ever attemptedĪ Richard & Judy Book Club selection A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION A SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. The thrilling true story of the greatest and most successful wartime deception ever attempted A Richard & Judy Book Club selectionįrom the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag. ![]() From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag. ![]()
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