Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis

Stuff You Should Know

• Episode: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 00:49:51
• Published: 2016-02-02 17:05

In World War II, a secret department of British 'corkscrew thinkers' hatched a plan to use the cadaver of an unclaimed homeless man to turn the tide of the war in the Allies' favor. It worked. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com