OPERATION MINCEMEAT: The True Spy Story That Changed The Course Of World War II

Macintyre, Ben

Verlag: London. 2023. Folio Society

Beschreibung

tan, black & orange decorative 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper (as issued). in a decorative slipcase (slide out box). fine cond. binding square & tight. front cover has a few scratches. edges clean. contents free of markings. slipcase in fine cond. a few smudges, couple of corners bumped, not cracked or torn. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing of this edition so stated (2010 Bloomsbury original). decorative endpapers (document facsimiles). xv+425p. 38 glossy b&w photo plates. 34 b&w illustrations, maps & document facsimiles. appendix. notes. select bibliography. index. world war ii. covert operations. espionage. invasion of sicily. ~ Operation Mincemeat was a British intelligence deception operation during World War II to support the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. The plan involved creating a fictitious dead officer, "William Martin," and using his corpse, a vagrant named Glyndwr Michael, to carry false documents suggesting the invasion would target Greece, thereby misdirecting German forces from Sicily. The operation successfully convinced the Germans, who reinforced Greece and Sardinia, and the invasion of Sicily met with far less resistance, leading to a quicker Allied victory.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10202501

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: OPERATION MINCEMEAT: The True Spy Story That Changed The Course Of World War II
• Verlag: London. 2023. Folio Society
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: Special Edition
• Zustand: Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • espionage
  • covert operations
  • world war ii