odanny
Diamond Member
This is a very well done film, great acting, great dialogue, and so many sub plots and twists throughout the film that at times I was having trouble keeping up with them. This is all based on a true story, and really explains well the uncertainties of subterfuge in military operations, the suspicion and distrust amongst those in charge and those doing the work, and multiple other angles of personal relationships and the unintended consequences of those on the receiving end.
Just a quality film throughout. Check out more about the actual operation itself.
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. Correspondence between two British generals that suggested that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia, with Sicily as merely the target of a feint, was also placed on the body.
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Just a quality film throughout. Check out more about the actual operation itself.
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. Correspondence between two British generals that suggested that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia, with Sicily as merely the target of a feint, was also placed on the body.
