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A crucial WWII deception, Operation Mincemeat used a corpse carrying false invasion plans to mislead German forces. The British intelligence operation planted documents on a dead body, dressed as a Royal Marine officer, which drifted ashore in Spain. This convinced Hitler that Greece and Sardinia, not Sicily, were the Allied targets, benefiting the Allies by ensuring a successful, less contested invasion of Sicily.