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Macintyre, Ben

Summary: Chronicles World War II's pivotal deception by two British naval officers who successfully fed false intelligence to the Nazis about where Allied forces were planning an attack in southern Europe.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 MAC

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Stacks, Call number: CD MAC

Macintyre, Ben

Summary: From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MAC

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars MacIntyre

Smyth, Denis

Summary: In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique--and macabre--was that the "Major" was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted lifelessly ashore carrying false documents...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SMY

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