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In the heart of World War II, British intelligence carried out one of the most daring—and bizarre—deception operations in military history: Operation Mincemeat. In 1943, British spies needed a way to mislead Nazi Germany about the real target of the Allied invasion of southern Europe. Rather than risk a conventional ruse, they chose one of the most unconventional tactics ever conceived in wartime: using a dead body as a decoy. �
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In this incredible true story, British intelligence officers obtained the body of a man who had died after ingesting rat poison and transformed him into a fake Royal Marines officer named Captain (Acting Major) William Martin. Dressed in uniform with a realistic backstory and personal effects—including letters, receipts and an engagement photo—the corpse was loaded with fake top-secret documents suggesting the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia instead of Sicily. �
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The body was then placed off the coast of southern Spain, where Spanish authorities—sympathetic to the Axis powers—recovered it and passed the papers to German military intelligence. Hitler and his commanders were fooled into redirecting troops away from Sicily, leaving the real invasion point far less defended. The deception worked brilliantly, contributing to the successful Allied invasion of Sicily and saving countless lives. �
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Operation Mincemeat stands today as one of history’s most audacious intelligence gambits—half spy thriller, half macabre strategy, and entirely true. �
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