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

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First American editionDescription: x, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307453273
  • 0307453278
Other title:
  • How a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.54/8641 22
LOC classification:
  • D810.S7 M246 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
The sardine spotter -- Corkscrew minds -- Room 13 -- Target Sicily -- The man who was -- A novel approach -- Pam -- The butterfly collector -- My dear Alex -- Table-tennis traitor -- Gold prospector -- The spy who baked cakes -- Mincemeat sets sail -- Bill's farewell -- Dulce et decorum -- Spanish trails -- K�uhlenthal's coup -- Mincemeat digested -- Hitler loses sleep -- Seraph and Husky -- A nice cup of tea -- Hook, line, and sinker -- Mincemeat revealed -- Aftermath.
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 940.54 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000459092

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-387) and index.

The sardine spotter -- Corkscrew minds -- Room 13 -- Target Sicily -- The man who was -- A novel approach -- Pam -- The butterfly collector -- My dear Alex -- Table-tennis traitor -- Gold prospector -- The spy who baked cakes -- Mincemeat sets sail -- Bill's farewell -- Dulce et decorum -- Spanish trails -- K�uhlenthal's coup -- Mincemeat digested -- Hitler loses sleep -- Seraph and Husky -- A nice cup of tea -- Hook, line, and sinker -- Mincemeat revealed -- Aftermath.

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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