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🎖️ In 1943, Allied planners staged one of the most audacious deceptions of World War II — using a single corpse, forged documents, and a story so convincing it sent German forces the wrong way.
This film tells the full story of Operation Mincemeat: the British MI5 and naval intelligence plot that convinced Hitler that the Allies planned to invade Greece — not Sicily. Through declassified files, real photos, and eyewitness testimony, we explore how a macabre trick changed the course of the Mediterranean campaign and saved thousands of lives.

📜 Chapters:
00:00 — Hook & Intro
01:10 — The Problem: Sicily and the Mediterranean strategy
03:50 — The Idea: planting a corpse with fake documents
07:20 — Creating "Major William Martin"
10:30 — The drop: HMS Seraph and the Spanish coast
14:00 — German reaction and strategic shift
17:30 — The aftermath and moral questions
20:00 — Legacy: lessons from deception

Sources & further reading:

Imperial War Museums — Operation Mincemeat collection.

National Archives (UK) — Declassified Mincemeat files.

“Operation Mincemeat” by Ben Macintyre.

Royal Navy archives — HMS Seraph patrol logs.

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#OperationMincemeat #WW2 #WWIIDocumentary #MilitaryDeception #GhostPlan #AlliedDeception #SicilyInvasion #EchoesOfValor #HistoryDocumentary