{"product_id":"operation-mincemeat-kenneth-m-simmons-9798188536527","title":"Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man's Secret Papers Deceived the Nazi High Command","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dead man walked into Nazi headquarters carrying a lie so convincing that Hitler himself moved his armies to chase it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew people know that one of the most decisive turning points of World War II never happened on a battlefield. It happened in a briefcase, chained to the wrist of a corpse floating off the coast of Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOperation Mincemeat\u003c\/i\u003e is the true story of how a small group of British intelligence officers took a forgotten man's body, built an entire fictional life around it, a rank, a fiancée, love letters, debts, a name lifted straight from naval records, and used it to convince the German high command that the Allies were about to strike anywhere except Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you're about to discover will change how you see the Second World War. This wasn't a story of tanks or bombers. It was a story of imagination weaponized, of a lie so carefully built from ordinary, imperfect human detail that it slipped past some of the most suspicious minds in Europe undetected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hidden truth behind this operation runs deeper than the deception itself. Behind the invented Major William Martin stood a real man named Glyndwr Michael, whose hardship and anonymity in life made him useful in death, and whose story remained buried for decades after the war ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book, you'll discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow British intelligence built an entire human identity from nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Hitler's own certainty became the weapon used against him\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe real man behind the fiction, and the ethical questions his story still raises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow this single operation helped open the door to the fall of Mussolini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for readers who love true World War II history, espionage, and stories where the line between brilliance and conscience refuses to stay still. Whether you're a lifelong history reader or discovering this story for the first time, you'll walk away understanding exactly how belief itself became one of the war's most powerful weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the man who never was has waited long enough to be fully told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReady to uncover the truth? Get your copy today and step into the deception that helped change the course of the war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth M. Simmons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188536527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Kenneth M. Simmons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665953100031,"sku":"9798188536527","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0c7f1e6-3dcc-4db4-b334-25425cb50d23.jpg?v=1792014798","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operation-mincemeat-kenneth-m-simmons-9798188536527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}