4b/12: #DurhamReporting: British Intelligence deceiving the 1924 and 1944. Svetlana Lokhova. @RealSLokhova #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

Photo: 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 (Acting Major) William Martin.

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4b/12: #DurhamReporting: British Intelligence deceiving the 1924 and 1944.  Svetlana Lokhova. @RealSLokhova  #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat