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Operation Mincemeat
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Author : Ben Macintyre
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-09-06
Operation Mincemeat written by Ben Macintyre and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-06 with History categories.
From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag. The thrilling true story of the greatest and most successful wartime deception ever attempted A Richard & Judy Book Club selection
Operation Mincemeat
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Author : Ben Macintyre
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2010-05-04
Operation Mincemeat written by Ben Macintyre and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-04 with History categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FIRTH • The “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful—and certainly the strangest—deception carried out in World War II, from the acclaimed author of The Spy and the Traitor “Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone else.”—Joseph Kanon, The Washington Post Book World Near the end of World War II, two British naval officers came up with a brilliant and slightly mad scheme to mislead the Nazi armies about where the Allies would attack southern Europe. To carry out the plan, they would have to rely on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Ben Macintyre’s dazzling, critically acclaimed bestseller chronicles the extraordinary story of what happened after British officials planted this dead body—outfitted in a British military uniform with a briefcase containing false intelligence documents—in Nazi territory, and how this secret mission fooled Hitler into changing military positioning, paving the way for the Allies’ drive to victory. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
Operation Mincemeat
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Author : Edgar Wollstone
language : en
Publisher: AJS
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Operation Mincemeat written by Edgar Wollstone and has been published by AJS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
In the pre-dawn hours of April 30th, 1943, a Spanish fisherman Antonio was about to begin his day. The gossamer mists had not yet receded. But he knew the dwindling greyness would soon segue into the golden haze of the morning sun. The Second World War was in the fourth year, but for him, it was a business-as-usual day. Spain was a neutral country but the fact that Spanish echelons tacitly supported the Germans was the elephant in the room that no one had the chutzpah to question. German spies roamed the streets of Spain with impunity. Canards had been doing the rounds that even captains in some of the ships were German secret agents. Everyone turned a blind eye and Antonio was more than happy to comply. He set out to the sea off the coast of Spain; the iridescence on the ocean surface brought an instant glint on his eyes because it suggested the presence of shoals of sardine that will make an easy catch for him that day. But the Atlantic Ocean had something different to offer him. It was a human body dressed in military uniform, carrying a black briefcase. This dead man is about to change the course of the war. Operation Mincemeat was one of the most successful deceptions of the Second World War. The name could be weird, the operation could sound outlandish and morbid, and the master brains behind the plan risk being deemed insane, but the fact remains that Operation Mincemeat was one hell of a success and it aided the Allies in turning tables in the most decisive World War. The aim of Operation Mincemeat was simple. Germans had to be fooled into believing that Sicily wasn’t the target. But will Hitler swallow the lie?
The Unknown Courier
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Author : Ian Colvin
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2016-11-17
The Unknown Courier written by Ian Colvin and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-17 with Political Science categories.
On 30 April 1943, the drowned corpse of Major William Martin washed up on the coast of Spain. In what appeared to be a stroke of grave misfortune for the British, he was found to be carrying top-secret plans for the invasion of Italy. Truth, however, is often stranger than fiction: the plans, as well as the identity of the Major himself, were fake - part of a secret British intelligence ruse called 'Operation Mincemeat', which misled Hitler, causing him to divert his forces away from the Allied target of Sicily. Journalist Ian Colvin became fascinated by tales of this audacious scheme and decided to investigate further. His search led him to Madrid, Gibraltar, Seville and finally to a grave at Huelva. The resulting book, originally published in 1953, is a breathtaking account of Colvin's journey, involving German ex-intelligence officers, Spanish generals, flamenco dancers and even a frogman pathologist specialising in drowned bodies. With its thrilling insights into what turned out to be one of the most successful wartime deceptions ever attempted, The Unknown Courier inspired Ben Macintyre's bestselling Operation Mincemeat. Colvin's lively account looks beyond the military machinations and considers the mysterious identity of the unknown courier - who was this man who, after his own death, changed the course of the Second World War?
Deathly Deception
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Author : Denis Smyth
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-08-25
Deathly Deception written by Denis Smyth and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-25 with History categories.
With the use of false transmissions and forged documents on a strategically placed dead body, Britain was able to perpetuate a great ruse on the Nazi Machine.
Operation Mincemeat
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Author : Ryan Kang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08-24
Operation Mincemeat written by Ryan Kang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-24 with categories.
"(Operation Mincemeat was) perhaps the most successful single deception operation of the entire war." - Historian, Michael Howard In the morning hours of April 30, 1943, during World War ll, a local Spanish fisherman named Antonio Rey Maria spotted a soldier's body in the waters. Antonio reported his discovery to the proper authorities, and Spanish soldiers soon arrived to take the body away. The body was found with a briefcase containing classified files on a future Allied invasion. German spies in Spain secretly passed the documents' information on to the Nazis who marvelled at their incredible luck in obtaining such a document. However, what the Nazis didn't know was that this was all part of the elaborate plan called Operation Mincemeat, one of the greatest military deceptions ever achieved. Read and follow the story of how two Allied officers used a single corpse to fool Hitler and eventually lead to the Nazis' defeat!
Operation Mincemeat
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Author : Ben Macintyre
language : en
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date : 2011
Operation Mincemeat written by Ben Macintyre and has been published by Random House Digital, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
Chronicles World War II's pivotal deception by two British naval officers who successfully fed false intelligence to the Nazis about where Allied forces were planning an attack in southern Europe. By the author of Agent Zigzag. Reprint. A best-selling book.
Operation Mincemeat
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Author : Ben Macintyre
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-12-23
Operation Mincemeat written by Ben Macintyre and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-23 with History categories.
**Soon to be a major film, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilson, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs** A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION A SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining' 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. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and the strangest. 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. His mission: to convince the Germans that instead of attacking Sicily, the Allied armies planned to invade Greece. This is the true story of the most extraordinary deception ever planned by Churchill's spies: an outrageous lie that travelled from a Whitehall basement all the way to Hitler's desk.
Ben Macintyre S World War Ii Espionage Files
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Author : Ben Macintyre
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2012-09-04
Ben Macintyre S World War Ii Espionage Files written by Ben Macintyre and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-04 with History categories.
Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, two thrilling accounts of World War II espionage, are available together as an ebook—with an excerpt from the New York Times bestseller Double Cross. “Not since Ian Fleming and John le Carré has a spy writer so captivated readers.”—The Hollywood Reporter AGENT ZIGZAG • “Wildly improbably but entirely true . . . [a] compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve.”—Entertainment Weekly Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman’s full story for the first time. It’s a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. OPERATION MINCEMEANT • “Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining.”—The New Yorker Near the end of World War II, two British naval officers came up with a brilliant and slightly mad scheme to mislead the Nazi armies about where the Allies would attack southern Europe. To carry out the plan, they would have to rely on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Ben Macintyre’s dazzling, critically acclaimed bestseller chronicles the extraordinary story of what happened after British officials planted this dead body—outfitted in a British military uniform with a briefcase containing false intelligence documents—in Nazi territory, and how this secret mission fooled Hitler into changing military positioning, paving the way for the Allies to overtake the Nazis.
The Man Who Never Was
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Author : Ewen Montagu
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-11-01
The Man Who Never Was written by Ewen Montagu and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with History categories.
Now the subject of a major new film starring Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu in Operation Mincemeat. In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of Spain. With it was a briefcase, in which were papers detailing an imminent Allied invasion of Greece. As the British had anticipated, the supposedly neutral government of Fascist Spain turned the papers over to the Nazi High Command, who swallowed the story whole. It was perhaps the most decisive bluff of all time, for the Allies had no such plan: the purpose of 'Operation Mincemeat' was to blind the German High Command to their true objective – an attack on Southern Europe through Sicily. Though officially shrouded in secrecy, the operation soon became legendary (in part owing to Churchill's habit of telling the story at dinner). Ewen Montagu was the operation's mastermind, and in his celebrated post-war memoir, The Man who Never Was, he reveals the incredible true story behind 'Operation Mincemeat'.