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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

How a dead man was used as a subterfuge - WW2

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How a dead man was used as a subterfuge - WW2

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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    There’s a book (and later movie) about this called “The Man Who Never Was” starring Gregory Peck.

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      Also a hilarious musical, “Operation Mincemeat”

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