17. Operation Mincemeat: The Body That Fooled Hitler
In 1943, the British orchestrated Operation Mincemeat, a brilliant deception involving a corpse dressed as a Royal Marine and planted with fake invasion plans. The body washed ashore in Spain, and the fabricated documents convinced German intelligence that the Allies would invade Greece, not Sicily. This strategic misdirection caused the Axis to misallocate their defenses, contributing significantly to the success of the Allied landings in Sicily.
