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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Tramp Fooled Hitler
The improbably named Cholmondeley [pronounced, IIRC, "Chumley"] and Montagu earlier in WWII had created a network of fictitious double agents to feed misinformation to the Nazis. These imaginary spies were given jobs, hobbies, family, lovers and bank managers. The Germans thought they had an established spy network in the UK - in reality, they had none."I doubt such a plan would be feasible today, even in wartime. Imagine the scandal if it was revealed that British agents had deliberately stolen a dead body. One of the reasons it worked so well was that the organisers were left alone to get on with it, almost without supervision." Eventually the planted disinformation made it to Hitler's desk. He took the bait and transferred 90,000 troops to Greece to defend against what he thought was the planned Allied invasion of Greece. The irony of a homeless man posthumously impressed into His Majesty's Secret Service still catches the imagination. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-12-04 |
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