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Operation Mincemeat ‘tramp’ whose body fooled Nazis is finally honoured
New plaque for Glyndwr Michael, who was thrown into the sea to trick Hitler’s intelligence services
For decades, his identity had remained secret - the story of a body used to fool the Nazis a fascinating but impenetrable mystery.
Finally, a historian pieced together the scant facts of the mission codenamed Operation Mincemeat, identifying Glyndwr ... [9253 chars]
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