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[narrator] Three months
before the invasion in April 1943, German agents recovered the
body
of a British Royal Marine pilot from the waters off
a Spanish beach. Documents handcuffed
to the officer's wrist led Hitler's forces to believe that the Allied attack on Italy would come via Greece
and Sardinia. Nazi troops were moved
to those places to defend the German positions. But the documents were
an elaborate hoax by British intelligence
codenamed Operation Mincemeat. [Jonathan] The Germans knew
that there was going to be some kind of Allied attack
somewhere in the Mediterranean
before the invasion in April 1943, German agents recovered the
body
of a British Royal Marine pilot from the waters off
a Spanish beach. Documents handcuffed
to the officer's wrist led Hitler's forces to believe that the Allied attack on Italy would come via Greece
and Sardinia. Nazi troops were moved
to those places to defend the German positions. But the documents were
an elaborate hoax by British intelligence
codenamed Operation Mincemeat. [Jonathan] The Germans knew
that there was going to be some kind of Allied attack
somewhere in the Mediterranean
Full Transcript
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[narrator] Three months
before the invasion
00:00:02.092 --> 00:00:04.092
in April 1943,
00:00:05.008 --> 00:00:08.096
German agents recovered the
body
of a British Royal Marine pilot
00:00:09.012 --> 00:00:11.064
from the waters off
a Spanish beach.
00:00:11.008 --> 00:00:14.004
Documents handcuffed
to the officer's wrist
00:00:14.056 --> 00:00:16.012
led Hitler's forces to believe
00:00:16.028 --> 00:00:18.024
that the Allied attack on Italy
00:00:18.004 --> 00:00:21.000
would come via Greece
and Sardinia.
00:00:21.016 --> 00:00:23.999
Nazi troops were moved
to those places
00:00:23.002 --> 00:00:25.076
to defend the German positions.
00:00:25.092 --> 00:00:28.028
But the documents were
an elaborate hoax
00:00:28.044 --> 00:00:33.004
by British intelligence
codenamed Operation Mincemeat.
00:00:33.056 --> 00:00:35.001
[Jonathan] The Germans knew
that there was going to be
00:00:35.024 --> 00:00:37.599
some kind of Allied attack
somewhere in the Mediterranean.
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Movie Summary
The six-part documentary series reveals how and why the central alliance between Great Britain, the United States and The Soviet Union was formed leading into World War II. The series paints an in-depth picture of the race to ulti...