• SergeantSushi@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    This basically happened in Operation Mincemeat

    Attached to Martin’s body was a briefcase containing secret documents that had been fabricated by the British Security Service. The purpose was to make German intelligence (which was known to have operatives in Huelva) think he had been a courier delivering documents to a British general. The documents were crafted to deceive the Germans into thinking that the British were preparing to invade Greece and Sardinia, rather than Sicily.