Tuesday 28 December 2010

Design for Deception - Operation Mincemeat



Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception plan during World War II. As part of the widespread deception plan Operation Barclay to cover the intended invasion of Italy from North Africa, Mincemeat helped to convince the German high command that the Allies planned to invade Greece and Sardinia in 1943 instead of Sicily, the actual objective. This was accomplished by persuading the Germans that they had, by accident, intercepted "top secret" documents giving details of Allied war plans. The documents were attached to a corpse deliberately left to wash up on a beach in Punta Umbría
in Spain.

Wallet litter - Design of wallet contents in order to fool the Germans into belief of this character e.g. - false love letters, false receipts (for a wedding ring), false identification e.t.c.

Printed matter about your person as an indication of who you are and what you do. Evidence of existence.

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