Bibliograph

The Ghost Army of World War II, how one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery, Rick Beyer & Elizabeth Sayles

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The Ghost Army of World War II, how one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery, Rick Beyer & Elizabeth Sayles

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-243) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Ghost Army of World War II

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

885547304

Responsibility statement

Rick Beyer & Elizabeth Sayles

Sub title

how one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery

Summary

In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with rubber tanks, fake artillery, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, their job was to create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to mislead the enemy about the strength and location of American units. As they traveled across Europe, artists in the unit filled their duffel bags with the drawings and paintings they created between missions. The Ghost Army of World War II is illustrated with original artwork, as well as maps, photographs, official memos, and other never-before-seen documents

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