1.2M views · 23K reactions | Two British officers hatch an elaborate plan to turn the tide for the Allies by enlisting the ultimate secret agent: A dead man. Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, and Johnny Flynn star in John Madden's OPERATION MINCEMEAT, on Netflix in select territories on May 11. | Netflix Geeked | Facebook

Scheduled for release on April 15, OPERATION MINCEMEAT is about the brilliant British Intelligence ruse to deceive the Germans into believing that the Allies intended to invade Greece rather than Sicily. The operation involved allowing a corpse disguised as a Royal Marine officer and carrying false secret documents to be found. Because the British had taken great care to build a backstory for the fake officer, the Germans believed that the documents were authentic and diverted some of their forc

215K views · 694 reactions | Who can you really trust in times of war? Operation Mincemeat, starring Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen, is now playing on Netflix UK/IE. | Netflix | Facebook