Operation Mincemeat persuaded German planners that the Allied preparations associated with Husky threatened a major landing in the Aegean and Balkans. Germany reinforced the region with troops, ships, aircraft, guns and ammunition. Those deployments made Wilson's reduced Dodecanese operation more hazardous. The earlier deception had helped concentrate German forces in an area the Allies subsequently tried to enter.
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How Operation Mincemeat complicated the Dodecanese campaign
Successful deception encouraged German reinforcement of the Aegean, making the later British attempt to seize islands more difficult.