Operation Mincemeat

In Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre recounts the remarkable true story of two disparate intelligence officers, Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu, who devised a daring plan to mislead the Nazis during World War II. Set against the backdrop of a windowless basement office in London, their ingenious scheme involved using a corpse equipped with false documents to create the illusion of an Allied invasion elsewhere. Filled with espionage, quirky personalities, and high stakes, this captivating narrative unveils previously unreleased material and highlights the daring exploits that contributed to a pivotal victory in the war.