Operation Mincemeat
British intelligence officers launch a daring deception, planting a corpse with false plans to mislead Nazi spies and secure the Allied invasion—risking exposure that could doom the war effort.
“Deception. The greatest weapon in war.”
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In 1943, two British intelligence officers devised Operation Mincemeat, a plan to drop a corpse carrying falsified documents off the coast of Spain in an effort to mislead Nazi spies. The operation aimed to convince the enemy that the Allied forces intended to invade Greece rather than Sicily.
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Edited by Victoria BoydellShot by Sebastian BlenkovScored by Thomas NewmanDesigned by John Paul Kelly
Also known as
- Die Täuschungde
- La rusefr
- L'arma dell'inganno - Operazione Mincemeatit
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24 unique people credited
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Colin Firth
as Ewen Montagu
Matthew Macfadyen
as Charles Cholmondeley
Kelly Macdonald
as Jean Leslie
Rufus Wright
as Lt. Bill Jewell
Ruby Bentall
as Connie Bukes
Charlotte Hamblin
as Patricia Trehearne
Johnny Flynn
as Ian Fleming
Lorne Macfadyen
as Glyndwr Michael
Penelope Wilton
as Hester Leggett
Mark Gatiss
as Ivor Montagu
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