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D-Day Deception

D-Day Deception

Paperback

Series: Stackpole Military History

Military StrategyWorld War II

ISBN10: 0811735346
ISBN13: 9780811735346
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: Mar 4 2009
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Before landing in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies executed an elaborate deception plan designed to prevent the Germans from concentrating forces in Normandy. The lesser-known first part, Fortitude North, suggested a threat to Norway. The more famous Fortitude South indicated that the invasion would occur at the Pas de Calais rather than Normandy, largely by creating a fictitious army group under Gen. George S. Patton. While historians have generally praised Operation Fortitude, Barbier takes a more nuanced view, arguing that the deception, while implemented well, affected the invasion's outcome only minimally.
  • A much-needed reassessment of the deception operation that preceded the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II
  • Involves double agents, fake equipment, phantom units, and famous commanders
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