Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat was a plan by the Allies to trick the Axis powers in 1943. A body with fake secret documents was allowed to float in Spain to make the Axis think that the Allies would invade Sardinia or Greece. That made the Allies easily win over the Axis during their real invasion of Sicily.

Operation Mincemeat Media

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  Rear Admiral John Godfrey, in whose name the Trout memo was circulated

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  Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu on 17 April 1943, transporting the body to Scotland

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  Sicily (in red) in relation to North Africa, Greece and the Italian mainland

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  The pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who assisted with the operation

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  Photograph of the fictitious girlfriend Pam, carried by Martin

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  Naval identity card of Major Martin with photograph of Captain Ronnie Reed

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  Vice Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Martin's putative commanding officer

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  The officers of HMS Seraph, the submarine selected for the operation, on board in December 1943

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  The corpse of Glyndwr Michael, dressed as Martin, just prior to placement in the canister

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  Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr, who intervened to obtain the Mincemeat documents