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Fisherman's Dead Body Discovery
- A Spanish fisherman named Jose discovered a dead body off the coast of Spain on April 30th, 1943.
- The body wore a British officer's uniform but was part of a secret British deception operation called Operation Mincemeat.
Innovative Deception Idea Revisited
- British intelligence revisited a memo proposing corpse-based deception amid fears of leaked secret files.
- They planned to use a dead body carrying falsified documents to mislead Nazi Germany.
Operation Mincemeat's Strategic Goal
- The Allies aimed to invade Sicily, but feared German preparedness through leaked plans.
- The deception plan needed to convince Nazis the main attack would be elsewhere.