Ben Macintyre @ 5x15 - Operation Mincemeat
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Ben Macintyre is a historian and documentary presenter.
His hugely successful books include 'Operation Mincemeat', 'Agent Zigzag', and 'Double Cross'. His books have been made into BBC documentaries.
Operation Mincemeat was a secret mission formulated and carried out by the British Army during the Second World War which used a dead body to hoodwink the Nazis. Double Cross tells the gripping true story of five of the double-agents who helped to make D-day such a success, whilst Agent Zigzag recounts the life of Eddie Chapman, one of Britain's most unlikely heroes.
Recorded at The Tabernacle in London in February 2010.
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I just finished Operation Mincemeat today. A well-done and thoroughly enjoyable read. As are all of Macintyre's other books that I have read to this point.
why is macintyre always concerned about the time in his talks. In this one looks at his watch in another about Philby he has an egg timer in front of him.. Is he paid by time in his talks?
It's in the title... he's got 15 minutes
How could the documents and letters be read after being immersed in water ?The paper would have been turned to pulp and the ink would render whatever paper was still intact unreadable because it would have run and become illegible.
They were in a sealed brief case, which was chained to the man's wrist
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Apparently they tested a lot of different types of ink and found that some were resilient to water damage
They could have used water proof ink but that was deemed that it would be too obvious a plant ,