Operation Mincemeat
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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. Correspondence between two British generals that suggested that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia, with Sicily as merely the target of a feint, was also placed on the body.
Rear Admiral John Godfrey, in whose name the Trout memo was circulated
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu on 17 April 1943, transporting the body to Scotland
The pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who assisted with the operation
Photograph of the fictitious girlfriend Pam, carried by Martin
Allied invasion of Sicily
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The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers. It began with a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign, and initiated the Italian campaign.
Allied leaders in the Sicilian campaign. General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets in North Africa with (foreground, left to right): Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, and (top row): Mr. Harold Macmillan, Major General Walter Bedell Smith, and unidentified British officers.
General Alfredo Guzzoni, Supreme Commander of Axis forces in Sicily
Aerial view of Pantelleria wreathed in smoke from bursting bombs during the Allied bombardment
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