A Conversation for Operation Mincemeat
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Orcus Started conversation Jan 28, 2005
What a wonderful article, a story that I never knew.
Thanks 
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The_Admiral(aka Avatar) Posted Jan 28, 2005
I'd heard bits and pieces of the story before but never the entire tale. Congrats on an excellent entry.
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Fragilis - h2g2 Cured My Tabular Obsession Posted Jan 28, 2005
I agree. I'd never heard the story about Mincemeat, and now I suspect I'm far more knowledgeable than most. Hurrah!
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Jan 29, 2005
Indeed; brilliant stuff.
But does the 'oth' in 'Sicily. oth Operation' mean anything ('oth' = '0th'?) or is it a typo that got through? (There seems to be a full stop on a line of its own as well.) Just so that I know whether I need to tell Ed. Feedback; it would be a shame for such a great Entry to have minor blemishes.
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ssbookworm12488 Posted Jan 29, 2005
have u been watching UkTV history?
I saw a program a while ago about this, and your entry seems to follow this particular program.
Well done any way, well structured entry, very informative, if u haven't seen the program!
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Orcus Posted Jan 31, 2005
I'm pretty sure "oth" was a typo RJFS, I was also intially intrigued by the early comment that the German sphere of influence/conquered territory went as far west as Luxembourg. I imagine Charles de Gaulle amongst others would have been very relieved to hear that at the time 
Minor minor quibbles.
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Farlander Posted Feb 1, 2005
Eep! 
That should have been 'both'...
Anyway, thanks for reading, and glad you enjoyed it! 
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Feb 1, 2005
I've notified Ed. Feedback.
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Shanana the cannibalistic banana Posted Apr 5, 2005
Oh dear. Amazing entry, I really enjoyed it. but I'm supposed to be writing an essay! I shouldn't let this happen.
Congratulations! It was most intriguing and frankly distracting. Literally.
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- 1: Orcus (Jan 28, 2005)
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- 5: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Jan 29, 2005)
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