The Top-Secret WWII Unit That Fooled the Nazis
The “Ghost Army” used creative tricks such as inflatable tanks and sound effects to dupe German forces.
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The Top-Secret WWII Unit That Fooled the Nazis
The “Ghost Army” used creative tricks such as inflatable tanks and sound effects to dupe German forces.
Its artillery couldn’t fire, its tanks couldn’t move and its members were more adept at wielding paintbrushes than guns. Yet, a top-secret unit of 1,100 American artists, designers and sound engineers unofficially known as the “Ghost Army” helped to win World War II by staging elaborate ruses that fooled the forces of Nazi Germany about the location and size of Allied forces.
Members of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and 3133rd Signal Company Special who literally practiced the art of war saved the lives of thousands of American servicemen and earned one of the country’s highest civilian honors.
Employing inflatable decoys, fake radio chatter and loudspeakers that blared sound effects, the Ghost Army could simulate a force 30 times its size as it operated as close as a quarter mile from the front lines. “Rarely, if ever, has there been a group of such a few men which had so great an influence on the outcome of a major military campaign,” declared a U.S. Army report.
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The Top-Secret WWII Unit That Fooled the Nazis
The “Ghost Army” used creative tricks such as inflatable tanks and sound effects to dupe German forces.
Images are not from the article.
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Cool!
ReplyDeleteWow - I never knew about this "Ghost Army!" Thanks for the history lesson, Rick!
ReplyDeleteRBrysco - You're very welcome.
DeleteO wonder if we could fool Cankles' regime like that and scare them out of DC?
ReplyDeleteLoL- I could see the Republicans in congress scurrying like scared rats to safety like they did during the January 6th insurrection by maga terrorists. What did Repubs call it ? Oh yes, a visit by their dear maga tourists !
Delete-Rj
Rj - Good one!
DeleteUtilisation ingénieuse des ressources :)
ReplyDeleteMon grand-père a combattu pendant Second Guerre mondiale comme soldat dans l’armée canadienne, des plages de Normandie, lors de liberation d’Paris et des Pays-Bas, jusqu’aux portes de Westerbork et de Bergen-Belsen.
Monsieur Dupuis 🇨🇦