On April 30th, 1943, a Spanish fisherman came across the floating body of Major William Martin of the Royal Marines.

Handcuffed to the Corps was a satchel with top-secret plans for the Allied invasions of Greece and Sardinia.

With the information gathered from this intelligence, the Germans moved their troops into

position to counter the planned landing.

And the Allies couldn't have been happier. Learn more about Operation Mintz meet,

one of the greatest intelligence operations of World War II

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by audible.com. My audiobook recommendation for today is

Operation Mintz Meat. How a Dead Man and a Bazaar Plan Fooled the Nazis and

assured an Allied victory by Ben McIntyre.

If you want a more in-depth account of Operation Mincemeat, McIntyre offers a broad explanation

of the background surrounding the operation and the invasion of Sicily.

It is a fascinating story that I'll only be able to touch on briefly in this episode.

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notes.

By 1943, the Allies had driven the Germans out of North Africa, but had yet to set foot on

the soil of mainland Europe.

The Allies knew they had to make a landing somewhere, and the Germans knew that they would try

to land somewhere.

The guessing game became a pivotal point in the war.

The Allies plan was to land in Sicily. The problem was it was almost too obvious.

Sicily would give them control of the entire Mediterranean and would also give them easy access to the Italian peninsula.

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