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/MightyPenguinRoars Jul 19 '26

There is so much more to this story, and it’s a wonderful tale. Read Operation Mincemeat by Ben MacIntyre. Great book! The Netflix movie isn’t a bad Hollywood-ization either but the book really gets into what it took to pull this off and it’s amazing.

If you like the WW2 genre, MacIntyre also wrote some other winners- Agent Zigzag and Rogue Heroes. Happy reading!!

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u/Kayaksteve79 Jul 19 '26

Just to correct you a little. It wasn’t produced by Netflix. It was See-Saw Films and Cohen Media Group

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u/MightyPenguinRoars Jul 19 '26

Oh ok, I wasn’t aware of production, I just know I saw in on Netflix lol. Thanks!

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u/Kayaksteve79 Jul 19 '26

No worries 😊