operation mincemeat

what do you think of this plan? 

get this dead guy, dress him up, put false papers on him and fake information, drop him in the sea and wait for him to wash up on shore where Nazis will find him, read the papers, believe the information, send it to Hitler. And all be fooled.

right. 



except it's true. and it worked. not only that, it assured allied victory. the corpse washed up off the Spanish coast. the Nazis rushed off to where the papers said the allies were landing. which left the...