Author: Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Title: Operation Mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
Published: New York: Harmony Books, 2010
Description: x, 400 p., [16] p. of plates :ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Call Number: D810 S7 M246 2010
Bibliography: p. 385-387
Note(s): 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
Subject(s):
- Operation Mincemeat
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
- Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Deception -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily
- Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century
Review(s):
- Scovil, Sheri Beth. "Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured Allied Victory." Library Journal 135, no. 13 (August 2010): 94
- Gladwell, Malcolm. "PANDORA'S BRIEFCASE." New Yorker 86, no. 12 (May 10, 2010): 72-78
- JENNET, CONANT. "The Man Who Never Was." New York Times Book Review (May 16, 2010): 12
Read: August 28, 2010
