2. Operation Mincemeat: The Floating Corpse Ruse
In 1943, British intelligence orchestrated Operation Mincemeat to mislead Axis forces about Allied invasion plans. They planted fake documents on the corpse of a ‘Major William Martin’ and set it adrift off the coast of Spain. The body was discovered by Spanish authorities, and the documents were passed to German intelligence. The ruse convinced the Germans that the Allies intended to invade Greece, diverting their attention from the actual target, Sicily. This operation is now regarded as one of history’s most successful wartime deception operations. (bbc.com)
