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Colin Firth Needs a Corpse to Trick Hitler in ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Trailer (Video)

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true story of an actual operation during the war that made the Nazis think an attack was coming in Greece, all as they were planning their invasion into Sicily.

And the British developed a plan to disguise a corpse of a tramp who had died of eating rat poison and dressed him as an officer carrying Allied secrets.

As the film shows, however, the British knew that the Germans would scrutinize any body or any intel that magically appeared in their hands.

And there are many holes in the plan that could easily be exploited or simply not work out if, say, the body or the documents never reach where they intend it to go.

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