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Operation Mincemeat: How a Corpse with Fake Papers Saved Thousands of Lives
In 1943, British intelligence floated a corpse off the coast of Spain carrying forged documents that suggested the Allies would invade Greece, not Sicily. Hitler moved divisions east. The Sicily landing met half the resistance it should have.
What this story trains
Deception works when the target is already inclined to believe what you tell them. Mincemeat's genius was understanding the German command's priors, then constructing evidence that confirmed them.
Logical ReasoningPattern RecognitionWorking Memory
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