Staffordshire Centre

The Man Who Never Was - July 8th

A Talk by Andy French

Andrew French will reveal the truth about Operation Mincemeat, the secret operation intended to deceive the Germans and allow allied troops to return to mainland Europe during WW2.

Discover the true story of this attempt to trick Nazi Germany into weakening Sicily’s defences in 1943, by making them think that the invasion was going to be in Greece.  They used a dead man with fake papers, bringing about the phrase “The Man Who Never Was”. 

However, the talk develops into a possible government cover up and conspiracy that still holds firm today.  Original documents from 1943 are used to prove what really happened, turning this piece of history into a “personal one” – it has a direct French family connection.