The Corpse That Fooled Hitler
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Discover the incredible true story of Operation Mincemeat, the World War II deception that fooled Hitler with a corpse and a briefcase. Learn how Allied intelligence used a dead man to misdirect German forces and change the course of the war. Chapters: 00:00 A corpse with a briefcase 00:12 Three questions 00:24 Everybody knew it was Sicily 00:36 They needed them elsewhere 00:48 The idea was already on file 01:00 A memo about fly fishing 01:12 One part of a bigger plan 01:24 Three impossible problems 01:36 Who he actually was 01:48 Nobody asked him 02:00 They built a person 02:12 The pocket litter 02:24 They gave him a fiancee 02:36 Not orders, a private letter 02:48 The misdirection 03:00 It explained the real evidence away 03:12 Released before dawn 03:24 Why Spain 03:36 They opened it and resealed it 03:48 They could watch it land 04:00 They moved the armies 04:12 Five weeks 04:24 Two names on one stone 04:36 The story got tidier 04:48 It used their professionalism 05:00 Every check came back clean 05:12 Nobody would miss him 05:24 Both things are true
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