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D-Day: Dummies and Decoys

Discussion in 'WWII General' started by Elinor Florence, May 28, 2014.

  1. Elinor Florence

    Elinor Florence Active Member

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    Operation Fortitude was an elaborate, mind-boggling hoax – using rubber tanks, canvas ships, plywood aircraft, and even dummy soldiers to fool the Germans about where we secretly planned to land on D-Day.
    Click on the Wartime Wednesdays link to read more.

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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Another excellent entry. The hoax perpetrated on the Germans was astounding. I read The Man Who Never Was and Operation Mincemeat which was another layer of deception. Amazing.
     
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