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Ben Macintyre wrote a very indepth book about it (surprisingly called Operation Mincemeat. It shows how close it came to unravelling (IIRC mainly a lazy Spaniard Nazi supporter who didn't check the body properly), which if it had would then reveal the real location because why would they fake the real location.
Also goes into detail of some of the interesting characters from Britain's WW2 intelligence services.
There's fantastic book on this Operation Mincemeat. There's also an older book and film (The Man Who Never Was), but given that it was written in the 50s, there's quite a lot left out (intercepts from Enigma, for one thing) and some stuff is an outright lie.
There's a really good book about this too by Ben Macintyre - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Operation-Mincemeat-Story-Changed-Course/dp/1408809214
It's mainly covered by the book Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre. Amazon UK link.
And thanks to a dead Welsh tramp, the Germans believed that the Allies would attack Greece and Sardinia instead of Sicily. Multiple divisions as well as Rommel were moved to Greece, including two Panzer divisions on the Eastern Front, which also helped the Soviets. One of the greatest deceptions in history.
Ben MacIntyre wrote a great narrative history of the incident as well. A rollicking good read.