| Item | Subject | Facts & Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Mincemeat | History | The Man Who Never Was (1956) is a based-on-a-novel film about Operation Mincemeat, the true story of a deception in which the corpse of a homeless man was dressed as a British officer, then placed in the ocean and allowed to wash up in Nazi-controlled territory. The plan succeeded in diverting the Germans from the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Wikipedia describes the above newspaper scan as "one of a tiny handful of incidents where The Times printed knowing misinformation." Only a tiny handful... That's cute! |
