Operation Mincemeat

Wann

Apr. 1943

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

40.20° N, 3.50° W

Description

1943 British deception operation

British Second World War deception operation

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael, a tramp who died from eating rat poison, dressed him as an officer of the Royal Marines and placed personal items on him identifying him as the fictitious Captain William Martin.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Zur Täuschung des deutschen Oberkommandos über alliierte Kriegspläne zur Landung auf Sizilien wird vor der spanischen Küste eine Leiche mit präparierten…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „en la costa española cercana a Huelva (España), es depositado en las aguas el cadáver que da comienzo a la Operación Mincemeat“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite