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2022-04-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Code Name Mincemeat: The deception operations that helped end WW2

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-15 06:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Still one of the most fascinating stories of WWII. Very much looking forward to the movie next month.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-04-15 08:53|| 2022-04-15 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a newish book about it that has more details. Apparently it helped that the Nazi intelligence officer assigned to it was eager for a big catch and that the senior analyst who Hitler trusted to assess the documents had soured on Nazism.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-04-15 14:03|| 2022-04-15 14:03|| Front Page Top

#3

Over the course of a weekend Montagu wrote The Man Who Never Was (1953), which sold two million copies and formed the basis for a 1956 film.

Great book.

Posted by Woodrow 2022-04-15 18:18|| 2022-04-15 18:18|| Front Page Top

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