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The Unknown Courier: The True Story of Operation Mincemeat
Ian Colvin
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Description for The Unknown Courier: The True Story of Operation Mincemeat
Paperback. The Unkown Courier tells the true story of the events that inspired Ben MacIntyre's bestselling Operation Mincemeat. When British Intelligence mislead German High Command by planting a corpse with false top secret plans, it achieved one of the greatest wartime deceptions in history and changed the course of World War Two. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
On 30 April 1943, the drowned corpse of Major William Martin washed up on the coast of Spain. In what appeared to be a stroke of grave misfortune for the British, he was found to be carrying top-secret plans for the invasion of Italy. Truth, however, is often stranger than fiction: the plans, as well as the identity of the Major himself, were fake - part of a secret British intelligence ruse called 'Operation Mincemeat', which misled Hitler, causing him to divert his forces away from the Allied target of Sicily.Journalist Ian Colvin became fascinated by tales of this audacious ... Read more
On 30 April 1943, the drowned corpse of Major William Martin washed up on the coast of Spain. In what appeared to be a stroke of grave misfortune for the British, he was found to be carrying top-secret plans for the invasion of Italy. Truth, however, is often stranger than fiction: the plans, as well as the identity of the Major himself, were fake - part of a secret British intelligence ruse called 'Operation Mincemeat', which misled Hitler, causing him to divert his forces away from the Allied target of Sicily.Journalist Ian Colvin became fascinated by tales of this audacious ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785901379
SKU
V9781785901379
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99-15
About Ian Colvin
Ian Colvin was a journalist and author. As a journalist he began his career on the News Chronicle in Berlin, from where he was expelled by the Nazis in 1939. During the 1950's and 60's Colvin worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa and the Middle East for the Daily Telegraph. At the time of his death in 1975, he ... Read more
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