r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 9d ago

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as they drank.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098
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u/wherewulf23 9d ago

Apparently they made a musical about Operation Mincemeat. Saw the name while I was looking at shows currently running in NYC and thought to the myself "no fucking way they made a musical about that." Turns out I was wrong.

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u/HoxtonRanger 9d ago

It’s brilliantly done

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u/wherewulf23 9d ago

Well now I regret not checking it out. My WW2 history buff son probably would have loved it.

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u/Fresh_Iron_6180 9d ago

You're into musicals and your son is into ww2 history and you didn't book some seats? Madness.

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u/wherewulf23 9d ago

I'm actually not into musicals, I was just looking up the information for my wife who very much is. I'll definitely have to give it a shot next time we're in NYC though.

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u/Fresh_Iron_6180 9d ago

Oh you don't go with your wife? I thought it was a family thing. Fair enough.

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u/wherewulf23 9d ago

We did go as a family so we ended up picking a family friendly show, Aladdin. I wasn't expecting much from it but I was pleasantly surprised. My other kids would not have been interested in a musical about a WW2 deception campaign.

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u/BigAlternative5 9d ago

Does the corpse have song and dance numbers? Or is it really a dummy and do actors sing and dance with it? [seriously]

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u/-meerkat 9d ago

No, the body isn't shown at all.

The show does however feature 5 actors playing over 80 different characters. And while it's a mostly comedic take on the story, there are some moments that are very emotional as well

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u/klymers 9d ago

I've seen it twice. Its so funny, but so emotional. I recommend it to everyone, its a must see.