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  1. Operation Mincemeat

    Verify the identity of the dead body

    May, 1943Spain

    At midday on 1 May an autopsy was undertaken on Michael's body; Haselden was present and – in order to minimise the possibilities that the two Spanish doctors identified that the body was a three-month-old corpse – Haselden asked if, in the heat of the day and smell of the corpse, the doctors should bring the post mortem to a close and have lunch.

  2. Operation Mincemeat

    The briefcase send to Madrid

    Wednesday May 5, 1943San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain

    On 5 May, the briefcase was passed to the naval headquarters at San Fernando near Cadiz, for forwarding to Madrid.

  3. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle moved his headquarters to Algiers

    May, 1943Algiers, Algeria

    De Gaulle moved his headquarters to Algiers in May 1943, leaving Britain to be on French territory. He became the first joint head.

  4. Operation Mincemeat

    Spanish authorities returned the briefcase to Haselden

    Tuesday May 11, 1943Spain

    On 11 May the briefcase, complete with the documents, was returned to Haselden by the Spanish authorities; he forwarded it to London in the diplomatic bag.

  5. Winston Churchill

    Washington Conference (1943)

    May, 1943Washington D.C., U.S.

    Churchill met Roosevelt at the third Washington Conference (codename Trident) in May.

  6. Operation Mincemeat

    German reaction after the information about the briefcase

    Friday May 14, 1943Germany

    On 14 May 1943 Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz met Hitler to discuss Dönitz's recent visit to Italy, his meeting with the Italian leader Benito Mussolini and the progress of the war.

  7. World War II

    Black May

    Friday May 28, 194301:28:00 AMAtlantic Ocean

    German operations in the Atlantic also suffered. By May 1943, as Allied counter-measures became increasingly effective, the resulting sizeable German submarine losses forced a temporary halt of the German Atlantic naval campaign.

  8. Operation Mincemeat

    Verify the identity of the dead body

    May, 1943Spain

    At midday on 1 May an autopsy was undertaken on Michael's body; Haselden was present and – in order to minimise the possibilities that the two Spanish doctors identified that the body was a three-month-old corpse – Haselden asked if, in the heat of the day and smell of the corpse, the doctors should bring the post mortem to a close and have lunch.

  9. Operation Mincemeat

    The briefcase send to Madrid

    Wednesday May 5, 1943San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain

    On 5 May, the briefcase was passed to the naval headquarters at San Fernando near Cadiz, for forwarding to Madrid.

  10. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle moved his headquarters to Algiers

    May, 1943Algiers, Algeria

    De Gaulle moved his headquarters to Algiers in May 1943, leaving Britain to be on French territory. He became the first joint head.

  11. Operation Mincemeat

    Spanish authorities returned the briefcase to Haselden

    Tuesday May 11, 1943Spain

    On 11 May the briefcase, complete with the documents, was returned to Haselden by the Spanish authorities; he forwarded it to London in the diplomatic bag.

  12. Winston Churchill

    Washington Conference (1943)

    May, 1943Washington D.C., U.S.

    Churchill met Roosevelt at the third Washington Conference (codename Trident) in May.

  13. Operation Mincemeat

    German reaction after the information about the briefcase

    Friday May 14, 1943Germany

    On 14 May 1943 Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz met Hitler to discuss Dönitz's recent visit to Italy, his meeting with the Italian leader Benito Mussolini and the progress of the war.

  14. World War II

    Black May

    Friday May 28, 194301:28:00 AMAtlantic Ocean

    German operations in the Atlantic also suffered. By May 1943, as Allied counter-measures became increasingly effective, the resulting sizeable German submarine losses forced a temporary halt of the German Atlantic naval campaign.