Operation Mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory / Ben Macintyre.

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Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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TextPublication details: New York : Harmony Books, c2010.Edition: 1st American edDescription: x, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 25 cmISBN:

9780307453273
0307453278

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DDC classification:

940.54/8641 22

LOC classification:

D810 .M24 2010

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Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Rabdan Academy General Stacks	General Collection	D810 .M24 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	158671

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-387) and index.

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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