Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis

# Stuff You Should Know: Operation Mincemeat

This episode dives into one of World War II's most brilliant and bizarre military deceptions—Operation Mincemeat—a plan so cleverly executed that it's been compared to the Trojan Horse itself. With the help of a dead body, fake love letters, and some seriously creative British ingenuity, the Allies managed to trick Hitler into moving 90,000 troops away from Sicily just before the actual invasion. The hosts explore how Ian Fleming (yes, the James Bond creator) helped dream up this scheme, how a group of witty MI5 operatives brought it to life, and the surprisingly touching final chapter of the corpse that changed the course of the war.