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In April 1943, a British officer’s body washed ashore on the coast of Spain.
Chained to his wrist was a briefcase containing documents so convincing that Adolf Hitler changed the entire German defense of the Mediterranean.

There was just one problem.

The officer never existed.

The documents were forgeries.

And the body itself was part of the most audacious deception operation of World War II.

This documentary tells the true story of Operation Mincemeat—the moment Allied intelligence used a dead body as a weapon, fooled the German High Command, and saved an estimated 15,000 lives during the invasion of Sicily.

Through meticulous planning, forged letters, staged intelligence leaks, and a single anonymous corpse, the Allies convinced Hitler that the invasion would strike Greece and Sardinia—leaving Sicily dangerously under-defended.

This is not a story about firepower.

It is a story about deception, psychology, and the power of belief in war.

In this documentary, you’ll discover:

How Operation Mincemeat was planned in absolute secrecy

Why German intelligence believed the deception

How one body redirected Hitler’s strategy

Why Sicily fell faster than expected

How deception became a weapon of mass impact in WWII

Operation Mincemeat proved something terrifyingly simple:

If the enemy believes the lie, the lie becomes reality.

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