[PAR] [TLE] Operation Mincemeat [SEP] Operation Mincemeat was a successful British disinformation strategy used during the Second World War.  As a deception intended to cover the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael, a homeless man who died from eating rat poison, dressed him as an officer of the Royal Marines and placed personal items on him identifying him as Captain (Acting Major) William Martin.  Correspondence between two British generals which suggested that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia, with Sicily as merely the target of a feint, was also placed on the body. [PAR] [TLE] The Man Who Never Was [SEP] The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 Second World War film, based on the book of the same name by Lt. Cmdr. Ewen Montagu and dramatising actual events.  The film was directed by Ronald Neame and starred Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame and Robert Flemyng.  It is about Operation "Mincemeat", a 1943 British Intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking Operation "Husky", the Allied invasion of Sicily, would take place elsewhere.
[PAR] [TLE] Operation Mincemeat [ SEP ] Operation Mincemeat was a successful British disinformation strategy used during the Second World War . As a deception intended to cover the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily , two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael , a homeless man who died from eating rat poison , dressed him as an officer of the Royal Marines and placed personal items on him identifying him as Captain ( Acting Major ) William Martin . Correspondence between two British generals which suggested that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia , with Sicily as merely the target of a feint , was also placed on the body . [PAR] [TLE] The Man Who Never Was [ SEP ] The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 Second World War film , based on the book of the same name by Lt . Cmdr . Ewen Montagu and dramatising actual events . The film was directed by Ronald Neame and starred Clifton Webb , Gloria Grahame and Robert Flemyng . It is about Operation " Mincemeat " , a 1943 British Intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking Operation " Husky " , the Allied invasion of Sicily , would take place elsewhere .
Whose body was used in the Operation The Man Who Never Was was about?
Whose body was used in the Operation The Man Who Never Was was about ?
Glyndwr Michael
Glyndwr Michael