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Operation Fortitude - The Greatest Hoax of the Second World War (Paperback)
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Operation Fortitude - The Greatest Hoax of the Second World War (Paperback)
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Operation Fortitude was the ingenious web of deception spun by the
Allies to mislead the Nazis as to how and where the D-Day landings
were to be mounted. 'One of the most creative intelligence
operations of all time' - Kim Philby The story of how this web was
woven is one of intrigue, personal drama, ground-breaking
techniques, internal resistance, and good fortune. It is a tale of
double agents, black radio broadcasts, phantom armies, 'Ultra'
decrypts, and dummy parachute drops. These diverse tactics were
intended to come together to create a single narrative so
compelling that it would convince Adolf Hitler of its authenticity.
Operation Fortitude was intended to create the false impression
that the Normandy landings were merely a feint to disguise a
massive forthcoming invasion by this American force in the Pas de
Calais. In other words, the success of D-Day - the beginning of the
end of the Second World War - was made possible by the efforts of
men and women who were not present on the Normandy beaches. Men
such as Juan Pujol, a Spanish double-agent (code-name GARBO) who
sent hundreds of wireless messages from London to Madrid in the
build-up to D-Day relaying supposed intelligence from his
fictitious spy network. This allowed the enemy to conclude that the
number of Allied divisions preparing to invade was twice the actual
number. Men such as R.V Jones, the head of British Scientific
Intelligence, who masterminded the dropping of tinfoil confetti
from the bomb-bay doors of Lancaster bombers, creating a false
impression that a flotilla of Allied ships was heading in the
opposite direction to the genuine invasion fleet. Using first hand
sources from a wide range of archives, government documents,
letters and memos Operation Fortitude builds a picture of what
wartime Britain was like, as well as the immense pressure these men
and women were working under and insure D-Day succeeded.
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