Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Operation Fortitude, Operation Mincemeat, Operation Scherhorn, National redoubt, Operation Cockade, London Controlling Section, Ghost Army, Shelling of Mainila, Fourth Army, Twelfth Army, Operation Quicksilver, Starfish site, Operation Cascade, Operation Blumenpflucken, Operation Bodyguard, First United States Army Group, Operation Hardboiled, Shinyo Maru, Operation Accumulator, 5th Airborne Division, Operation Kremlin, Operation Copperhead, 4th Airborne Division, Operation Herbstreise, Operation Skye, 58th Infantry Division, 55th Infantry Division, Operation Barclay, 6th Airborne Division, 2nd Airborne Division, Operation Span, Operation Harpune, Operation Ferdinand, Operation Ironside, Operation Zeppelin, Operation Chettyford, Operation Boardman. Excerpt: Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception plan during World War II. As part of the widespread deception plan Operation Barclay to cover the intended invasion of Italy from North Africa, Mincemeat helped to convince the German high command that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia in 1943 instead of Sicily, the actual objective. This was accomplished by persuading the Germans that they had, by accident, intercepted "top secret" documents giving details of Allied war plans. The documents were attached to a corpse deliberately left to wash up on a beach in Punta Umbria in Spain. The story was used as the plot in Duff Cooper's 1950 novel Operation Heartbreak, but revealed as a true story in the 1953 book The Man Who Never Was. In late 1942, Operation Torch to invade French North Africa was imminent, and victory in the North African Campaign was expected. Allied planners considered the next step in the war and decided to continue attacks in the Mediterranean. From North Africa, attacks could be made either into Italy or through the Balkans tra...