The Resource Operation mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre, (large type)
Operation mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre, (large type)
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The item Operation mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre, (large type) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library.
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- Summary
- An extraordinary account of the most successful deception, and certainly the strangest, ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan, code named Operation Mincemeat, was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 640 p. (large print)
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harmony Books c2010
- Isbn
- 9781602858381
- Label
- Operation mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory
- Title
- Operation mincemeat
- Title remainder
- how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Macintyre
- Subject
-
- Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Deception -- Spain | Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain, Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Large type books
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985
- Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy | Sicily
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain | Atlantic Coast
- Operation Mincemeat
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An extraordinary account of the most successful deception, and certainly the strangest, ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan, code named Operation Mincemeat, was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macintyre, Ben
- Dewey number
- 940.54/8641
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Operation Mincemeat
- World War, 1939-1945
- Montagu, Ewen
- Deception
- Deception
- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Sicily (Italy)
- Atlantic Coast (Spain)
- Label
- Operation mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre, (large type)
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harmony Books c2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-636) and index
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 640 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781602858381
- Isbn Type
- (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010012055
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- ocn564132878
- 395660
- (OCoLC)564132878
- Label
- Operation mincemeat : how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory, Ben Macintyre, (large type)
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harmony Books c2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-636) and index
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 640 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781602858381
- Isbn Type
- (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010012055
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- ocn564132878
- 395660
- (OCoLC)564132878
Subject
- Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Deception -- Spain | Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain, Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Large type books
- Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985
- Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy | Sicily
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain | Atlantic Coast
- Operation Mincemeat
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