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unusual facts about Operation ''Mincemeat''



44th Infantry Division Cremona

When Italy and Germany occupied Vichy France in Operation "Anton" after the Allied landings in French North Africa the division was ferried to Southern Corsica on 8 November 1942 to occupy the island, while the 20th Infantry Division Friuli occupied Northern Corsica.

804 Naval Air Squadron

The squadron participated in the successful attack on 3 April 1944 on the German battleship Tirpitz (Operation Tungsten) in Altafjord, northern Norway.

Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

He commanded Operation Chavinda in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and was ordered to command the Pakistan Armed Forces in East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Churchill tank

Churchills saw widespread action in Normandy as well as subsequent operations in the Low Countries and into Germany such as the fighting in the Reichswald during Operation Veritable.

Ernest J. Dawley

The VI Corps took part in the Allied invasion of Italy at Salerno on September 9, 1943, with the British X Corps under Fifth Army as part of Operation Avalanche.

Gotha G.IV

In March 1917, the G.IV entered service with Kagohl 1, which was redesignated Kagohl 3 upon receipt of the new machines, and the G.IVs were soon to be put to use in Operation Türkenkreuz - the strategic bombing of London.

Latin America during World War II

Operation Bolivar, as it was called, was centered on clandestine radio communications from their base in Argentina to Berlin in Germany, but it also utilized Spanish merchant vessels for the shipment of paper-form intelligence back to Europe.

Minced meat

Mincemeat, a mixture of dried fruit and spices, commonly does not contain any meat

Operation Falcon

Operation Falcon, a naval operation of the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 (See also: Sinking of PNS Ghazi and PNS Hangor).

Otto Kretschmer

In 1943, the German command tried to rescue him (in Operation Kiebitz) but that daring plan failed.

Rupert Thorneloe

Thorneloe was killed by the Taliban in Operation Panther's Claw during a resupply mission when an improvised explosive device exploded under his BvS 10 Viking armoured vehicle.

Target for Tonight

Squadron Leader Dickson, the captain of 'F for Freddie', was played by Percy Pickard, who went on to lead Operation Biting and Operation Jericho, a raid on Amiens Prison.

The Man Who Never Was

Operation Mincemeat involved the acquisition and dressing up of a human cadaver as a "Major William Martin, R.M." and putting it into the sea near Huelva, Spain.

Żywkowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

After World War II the place of German displaced residents, replaced by Ukrainian displaced from the operation "Vistula" and today their descendants inhabit the village.


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