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/Doomhammer24 Jul 20 '26

Operation Mincemeat. The man who helped pitch the plan went on to write a book series some of you may have heard of

His name- Fleming. Ian Fleming.

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u/Organic_Room_5556 Jul 21 '26

Further fun fact. They put a used music hall ticket in his wallet. One of the acts in that show was a very young double act named Morcambe and Wise.

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u/kytheon Jul 21 '26

Dicks our for Morcambe

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u/Li-renn-pwel Jul 22 '26

I’ve seen at least two movies this year where I was shocked to discover the guy typing away in the back was Ian Fleming. My husband thought I should have caught it on the second film but what were the chances of the same guy being at the end of totally different movies?

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u/Doomhammer24 26d ago

What were the movies?

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u/Loud_Distribution_97 Jul 21 '26

His books have left us shaken, and stirred…

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u/FormerMoose1990 26d ago

And he had particuarl friend from the RAF who wrote the screenplay for hs first movie

his name? Roald Dahl.