Today in World War II History—April 30, 1943
Sunday, April 30, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
US troops advancing near Hill 609 in Tunisia, 28 April 1943 (US Army Center of Military History)
80 Years Ago—Apr. 30, 1943: In Tunisia, US II Corps takes Hill 609 en route to Mateur.
Operation Mincemeat: submarine HMS Seraph puts a corpse dressed as a Royal Marine officer into the sea off Spain, with phony papers detailing an Allied invasion of Greece—as a diversion from the actual planned invasion of Sicily; the Spanish send the papers to the Germans, who fall for the ruse.
