Operation Barclay, Operation Mincemeat, and Military Deception in 1943

In this episode I am joined by LTC Devon Cockrell, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Psychological Operations Group, and we discuss Operation Mincemeat, as part of Operation Barclay, as well as Military Deception and the importance of trust and professionalism among the Allies' staffs and leadership to make such operations even possible. Holt, Thaddeus. The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War, New York, 2004. (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3VqOz60) Howard, Michael. Strategic Deception in the Second World War: British Intelligence Operations Against the German High Command, New York, 1990. (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3ARnn6B) Rein, Christopher, Ed. Weaving the Tangled Web: Military Deception in Large Scale Combat Operations, Ft Leavenworth, KS, 2018. (https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16040coll3/id/282/) Rothstein, Hy and Barton Whaley, eds.. The Art and Science of Military Deception, Boston, 2013. (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3ALwKVr)