Deathly deception : the real story of Operation Mincemeat
Smyth, DenisAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Denis Smyth retells the story of the classic World War Two intelligence plan to pass misleading strategic information to Hitler and his Generals which was immortalised in the 1956 Hollywood film 'The Man Who Never Was'. Drawing on recently available documentation, this book shows how British deceptioneers solved a multitude of medical, technical, and logistical problems to implement their deceptive design.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references  and index.
Denis Smyth retells the story of the classic World War Two intelligence plan to pass misleading strategic information to Hitler and his Generals which was immortalised in the 1956 Hollywood film 'The Man Who Never Was'. Drawing on recently available documentation, this book shows how British deceptioneers solved a multitude of medical, technical, and logistical problems to implement their deceptive design.
Description based on print version record.
Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985.
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Operation Mincemeat
World War, 1939-1945
Deception
Deception
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
History & Archaeology
History - General