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It was mentioned as the source of the initial idea for Operation Mincemeat, using a dead body as a ploy to mislead the Nazis regarding the Allied invasion.
The following suggestion is used in a book by Basil Thompson, colon, a corpse dressed as an airman with dispatches in his pockets could be dropped on the coast, supposedly from a parachute that had fa...
— Episode: Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corp...
Episode: Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled...
It was mentioned as the source of the initial idea for Operation Mincemeat, using a dead body as a ploy to mislead the Nazis regarding the Allied invasion.
The following suggestion is used in a book by Basil Thompson, colon, a corpse dressed as an airman with dispatches in his pockets could be dropped on the coast, supposedly from a parachute that had failed.
Episode: Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled...
It was mentioned as the source of the initial idea for Operation Mincemeat, involving a corpse dressed as an airman with false documents.
The following suggestion is used in a book by Basil Thompson, colon, a corpse dressed as an airman with dispatches in his pockets could be dropped on the coast, supposedly from a parachute that had failed.
Episode: Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled...
It was mentioned as the source of inspiration for Operation Mincemeat, where the concept of a planted corpse with false documents was first explored.
The following suggestion is used in a book by Basil Thompson: a corpse dressed as an airman with dispatches in his pockets could be dropped on the coast, supposedly from a parachute that had failed.