UK National Archives - WO 1065921

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The National Archives

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An MI5 staff member pictured on beach. This ordinary looking snapshot planted as part of a complex Second World War intelligence plan known as Operation Mincemeat. The intention was that this photograph would make other documents secreted with it seem more authentic. These documents, passed on to German agents after they were found on a body washed up on the coast of Spain (planted by British intelligence) suggested that the Allies were not planning an invasion of southern Europe via Sicily. This led to a weakening of German defence of Sicily which assisted the eventual Allied attack.

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This file is from the collections of The National Archives (United Kingdom), catalogued under document record WO106/5921. For high quality reproductions of any item from The National Archives collection please contact the image library.

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