@NCSCgov: #OTD 1943, Operation Mincemeat began with HMS Seraph setting sail to deposit a corpse dressed as a British major off the coast of Spain for the Nazis to find. Outfitted with fake papers citing Greece, not Sicily, as the target of a pending Allied invasion, the corpse did its job.

#OTD 1943, Operation Mincemeat began with HMS Seraph setting sail to deposit a corpse dressed as a British major off the coast of Spain for the Nazis to find. Outfitted with fake papers citing Greece, not Sicily, as the target of a pending Allied invasion, the corpse did its job. pic.twitter.com/0h06E3TjE5

— NCSC (@NCSCgov) April 19, 2024