Historical figure

Wilhelm Canaris

1887 – 1945

Head of German military intelligence (Abwehr) World War II Germany

German admiral who led the Abwehr. His intelligence received and forwarded the contents of the fake documents of Operation Mincemeat to the Nazi leadership.

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Ben Macintyre · Harmony Books · 2010 Discussed in Operation Mincemeat: The Body, Fake Documents, and the Deception that Changed Sicily Invasion
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The Man Who Never Was Ewen Montagu · Evans Brothers · 1953 Discussed in Operation Mincemeat: The Body, Fake Documents, and the Deception that Changed Sicily Invasion

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Operation Mincemeat: The Body, Fake Documents, and the Deception that Changed Sicily Invasion

In early 1943, the Allies planned to invade Sicily under the codename Husky. The island was a logical entry point to Southern Europe, but precisely because of that…

April - Juli 1943 3 min read 11 Nov 8, 2026

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