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Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis

January 31, 2026·45 min·4-min readnarrativehistory
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This episode of Stuff You Should Know explores Operation Mincemeat, one of the most audacious and successful military deception operations of World War II. In 1943, British intelligence planted false invasion plans on a corpse dressed as Royal Marine Major William Martin, intending f

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Ewen MontaguCharles CholmondeleyIan FlemingGlyndwr MichaelAdolf KlausCarlos Rubio

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The Man Who Never Wasby Ewen MontaguOperation Mincemeatby Ben Macintyre

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iHeartRadio

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Cold CasesHistorical FiguresLong Form JournalismMilitary HistoryTrue CrimeWorld War 2

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