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
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
Sicily (in red) in relation to North Africa, Greece and the Italian mainland
The pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who assisted with the operation
Photograph of the fictitious girlfriend Pam, carried by Martin
Naval identity card of Major Martin with photograph of Captain Ronnie Reed
Vice Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Martin's putative commanding officer
- The officers of HM Submarine SERAPH on her return to Portsmouth after operations in the Mediterranean, 24 December 1943. A21112.jpg
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
