Finished a very interesting book. THe story itself is quite
interesting, and the references in the text to authors, and their
detective stories, spy stories and how they are are related to Operation
Mincemeat makes the book even more interesting. The book also has
pictures of many of the people involved with Operation Mincemeat.
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
By Ben MacIntyre
Operation Mincemeat was an operation executed in WWII before the
invasion of Sicily by the Allies to make the Germans believe the
invasions would occur in Greece and in the Western Mediterranian. It was
conceived by a British intelligence officer named Ian Fleming. Yes, the
man who would later invent the world’s most famous spy, Bond, James Bond.
The author noted that many authors had experience in the
intelligence/spy world.
Among the spys turned author are
Somerset Maugham
John Buchanan
Ian Fleming
Graham Greene
John LeCarré
This is a listing of books, authors and series mentioned in the book,
Operation Mincemeat.
Ewen Montagu, one of the masterminds of Operation Mincemeat wrote:
The Man Who Never Was (1953) later made into a movie (a partial,
government approved, story about Operation Mincemeat)
Beyond Top Secret ULTRA (1977)
Ben MacIntyre also wrote: Agent ZigZag, another true story of a double
agent in WWII.
Basil Thompson:
Death In the Bathroom
Richardson Scores Again
The Milliner’s Hat Mystery
T.E. Lawrence (Yes, Lawrence of Arabia)
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
John Masterman wrote several detective novels. He was the chair of the
XX group, who ran the double agents.
The Case of the Four Friends
Chinese book written in the 1200s: The Washing Away of Wrongs
Grahm Greene
Our Man in Havana (also a WWII true spy story, at least as the basis)
Allan Hilgarth
The War Maker
The Boys Own Paper
The Black Mountain
Sydney Mosley wrote an unofficial history of Operation Mincemeat
Alfred Duff Cooper (Viscount Norwich)
Operation Heartbreak, a novel based on Operation Mincemeat
Ian Colvin
Unknown Courier ( a history of Operation Mincemeat)
Ivor Montegu, Brother of Ewen, and a probably Soviet spy
Cowrote the movie “Scott of the Antarctic” (1948)
The 1958 movie “Darby’s Rangers” featuring Bill Darby, founder of the
Army Rangers. Darby was a passenger on the British Submarine “Seraph”
which was also used for Operation Mincemeat. Darby was involved in the
invasion of Sicily, thus protected somewhat by Operation Mincemeat.
The periscope and conning tower of the British Submarine “Seraph” used
in Operation Mincemeat and by Bill Darby and some of his Rangers are
preserved and memorialized at the Citadel in South Carolina.
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