Operation Mincemeat

The gripping true account of Operation Mincemeat, the most successful wartime deception ever attempted. From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag, this vividly recounts how a dead body, a forged dossier, and a daring ruse misled the Nazi high command, helping to shape the course of the Second World War. Set against a backdrop of Whitehall basements and high-stakes espionage, the plan was devised by an unlikely team: an eccentric RAF officer and a brilliant Jewish barrister, supported by a cast of remarkable characters that reads like fiction. It reveals how one outrageous lie travelled from a thought to Hitler’s desk, with consequences that saved thousands of lives.

In April 1943, a sardine fisherman discovers a British soldier’s corpse off the coast of Spain, triggering a chain of events that would alter military strategy. The deception’s target was not Sicily itself, but to persuade the Germans that the Allied invasion would strike Greece. The narrative unfolds through the perspectives of scientists, secret service operatives, and wartime decision-makers, painting a vivid picture of how truth, disguise, and imagination intertwined in the service of war.

Kenmerken

• Waargebeurd verhaal over een spionageoperatie
• Ontdekking van een lijk en de nasleep in 1943
• Doel: misleiding van de Duitse generaalstaf
• Ontwerpers: RAF-officier en Joodse advocaat
• Diverse hoofdrolspelers: patholoog, goudzoeker, uitvinder
• Een verhaal over Churchillse spionage en listsuccessen

NB: Dit boek heeft een bestsellerstatus en is uitgegeven door Bloomsbury Publishing met 432 pagina’s.