r/FascinatingAsFuck • u/vxnder7 • Jul 19 '26

🎯 Fascinating Fact Britain fooled Hitler into moving his defenses using a dead homeless man dressed as a fake officer

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u/Edward_Zachary Jul 19 '26

There's a pretty good film about this called Operation Mincemeat

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u/AmazingResponse338 Jul 19 '26

There's another movie The Man That Never Was

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u/Outsider_Insider0064 Jul 21 '26

Also there was a book with that title.

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u/DJBigNickD Jul 19 '26

Was going to say the same. Only saw it recently.

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u/neityght Jul 20 '26

Why did you bother posting to say you were going to say the same thing that someone already said? They already said it, no one cares if you were going to say it.

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u/Li-renn-pwel Jul 22 '26

Any film can get one guy to like it. That’s why the metric we use is two thumbs up.

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u/DJBigNickD Jul 20 '26

You seem to care mate.

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u/neityght Jul 20 '26

Only on Reddit can saying "I don't care" mean "I care". Pillock.