Deathly Deception: The Real Story of Operation Mincemeat

by Denis Smyth

Book Overview

In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, a body disguised as a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the coast of Spain, carrying false documents indicating that the Allies were set to launch an attack on Greece, rather than Sicily. Immortalized in the film The Man Who Never Was, Operation Mincemeat is renowned as the most spectacular episode in the annals of deception. In this accurate and in-depth retelling of the story, Denis Smyth draws on a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199233985
• ISBN13: 9780199233984
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"