| The Ghost Army Legacy Project | WWII Deception Unit
The 23rd headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company , World War II Deception units awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, inflatable tanks, soune effects, illusion, battlefield trickery
A couple of post-war fashion designers, set designers, set dressers, artists and sound designers came out of that organization. Their deception efforts go far deeper than some rubber tanks and fake radio traffic. George Patton, fresh from his leadership debacle in Sicily, was made commanding general of FUSAG, the First US Army Group, the command headquarters of the false army created by the 23rd. Patton went so far as to meet with civilian leadership in FUSAG’s operating area in the UK to assure them that the encampment was temporary and the area would return to normal after a while.
The entire task of the 23rd/FUSAG was to convince the German high command that a very large army was preparing to cross the channel at the Pas de Calais and that Normandy was a feint. They were successful as the Germans kept their panzer divisions north of Normandy near the Pas until it was too late.
This success redeemed Patton’s reputation and he was given command of the Third Army.
See “Ghost Army” by Beyer and Sayles and “Bodyguard of Lies” by Anthony Cave Brown for more complete information on this.
“In war, the truth is so precious that she must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.” - W. Churchill
Yeah, OK. The USA does like to take credit for something other nations have done. This was under the command of Gen Montgomery and used the name of Gen Patton to add realism to the German forces.
Operation Fortitude was a sub division of the main psyops Operation Bodyguard and was planned by Noel Wild, an MI5 officer following the plans of another disinfo op in Egypt earlier on the war.
The film "Eye of the Needle" is based on this operation.
The Soldiers Memorial Military Museum on Chestnut downtown?
The fuck I care about the jewish ones? Who was this title written for?
I doubt you'll be able to beat the evil Jews without help from the good ones. They're extremely clever and creative, they wrote most of the Christmas carols. Do you like How the Grinch Stole Christmas? It emphasized the Spirit of Christmas over the material. Written by a Jew. Jesus said love your enemy, but most Jews are not our enemy. Jesus was Jewish, that's what made him clever enough to handle the job.
I don’t have a problem with Jews. I just don’t get the point of mentioning them in the title?
Giving them props it's also one of the subtitles on the page
Fair enough.