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From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive
… More »From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed, and the Allies ultimately chose.
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Add a QuoteWhat on earth was the blighter thinking of? A chap might go in disguise, if needed, but a brasierre?
All Hillgarth wanted was a nod of approval, and a bomb.
The Abwehr promised him an amphibious car.
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Add a CommentJournalism. Extremely disappointing. Everything is told on the inside flap. No need to read the book.
An intriguing WWII story is marred by the author's repetition of the facts (indicating padding) in this reader's opinion.
A rollicking true adventure story, arguably the last hurrah of the eccentric English amateur. Starts like P.G. Wodehouse and Ian Fleming; ends like Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene, with some H. Rider Haggard interludes.
Chosen as his book of the year by James Buchan: "Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II by London Times journalist Ben Macintyre, tells the story of an elaborate and successful ruse by British Naval Intelligence to conceal from the Germans preparations to invade Sicily in 1943. A badly decomposed body was tricked out with fake papers and dropped by submarine off the coast of southwestern Spain. "The story was first told by Ewen Montagu, one of the two principal officers behind the ruse, under the heading The Man Who Never Was in the Sunday Express of Feb. 1, 1953. His book of the same title was published a couple of months later and has never been out of print. It presented a reassuring world of gentlemen amateurs playing a macabre joke for King and Country on the plodding Nazis. Macintyre carefully peels away the layers of fantasy, sentiment and play-acting to reveal a world of ruthless intelligence professionals at or near the end of their tether. In the process, Old England is transformed."