{"product_id":"operation-mincemeat-the-true-spy-story-that-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii","title":"Operation Mincemeat The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NO 1. BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing . . . Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining' Malcolm Gladwell, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e____________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eApril, 1943:\u003c\/b\u003e a sardine fisherman spots the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and sets off a train of events that would change the course of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different from any spy before or since: he was dead. His mission: to convince the Germans that instead of attacking Sicily, the Allied armies planned to invade Greece.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The brainchild of an eccentric RAF officer and a brilliant Jewish barrister, the great hoax involved an extraordinary cast of characters including a famous forensic pathologist, a gold-prospector, an inventor, a beautiful secret service secretary, a submarine captain, three novelists, an irascible admiral who loved fly-fishing, and a dead Welsh tramp.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the true story of the most extraordinary deception ever planned by Churchill's spies: an outrageous lie that travelled from a Whitehall basement all the way to Hitler's desk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Operation Mincemeat The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II","offer_id":45508800872645,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5266-8257-4.jpg?v=1766009638","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/operation-mincemeat-the-true-spy-story-that-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}