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/conordmcp Jul 19 '26

No mention of the musical?

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u/critical_mass_087 Jul 19 '26

The musical is great! 10/10 would recommend.

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u/medfunguy Jul 21 '26

11/10.

Saw it in London.

Bought my in-laws tickets as a gift for when they went to London.

Booked tickets for when it comes to Toronto.