Operation Mincemeat

<p>July 10, 1943. 150,000 British and American soldiers storm the beaches of Sicily in the first Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe. But the Nazis…aren’t really there to put up a fight. Hitler thought the invasion was coming for Greece. The Nazis have been tricked by two British Intelligence officers and a covert deception plan. How did their operation— which involved a corpse, a false identity and a single eyelash—change the course of WWII?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to Nicholas Reed, author of <a href="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/spy-runner/9780750992640/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Spy Runner</em></a><em>.</em></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>