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100 1 _aMacintyre, Ben,
_d1963-
245 1 0 _aOperation Mincemeat :
_bhow a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory /
_cBen Macintyre.
250 _a1st American ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarmony Books,
_cc2010.
300 _ax, 400 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill., plans ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [385]-387) and index.
520 _aFrom 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.
600 1 0 _aMontagu, Ewen,
_d1901-1985.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bRoyal Navy
_xHistory
_yWorld War, 1939-1945.
650 0 _aOperation Mincemeat.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSecret service
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aDeception
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aDeception
_zSpain
_zAtlantic Coast
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zSpain
_zAtlantic Coast.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zItaly
_zSicily.
651 0 _aSicily (Italy)
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
651 0 _aAtlantic Coast (Spain)
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009047562-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009047562-d.html
856 4 1 _3Sample text
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009047562-s.html
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