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    Operation Zeppelin (along with its follow up subsidiaries, Vendetta and Turpitude) was a major military deception operation run by the British during...
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  • to recruit Soviet POWs for espionage behind Russian lines Operation Zeppelin (deception plan), a 1944 Allied scheme to divert attention from the invasion...
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    was also intended to support Operation Zeppelin, the 1944 overall deception plan for the Middle Eastern theatre. Zeppelin developed threats against Greece...
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  • Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of...
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  • Operation Vendetta may refer to: A subsidiary plan of the 1944 Operation Zeppelin (deception plan) Part of the Battle of Long Tan This disambiguation...
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    Operation Bodyguard was the code name for a World War II deception strategy employed by the Allied states before the 1944 invasion of northwest Europe...
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    Operation Titanic was a series of military deceptions carried out by the Allied Nations during the Second World War. They formed part of tactical element...
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    1944 the main thrust of deceptions in the Middle Eastern theatre were contained under Operation Zeppelin (including its sub-plan Vendetta), which developed...
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  • international goals. Deception contributed to major Soviet victories including the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and Operation Bagration (in Belarus):...
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  • Operation Hardboiled was a Second World War military deception. Undertaken by the Allies in 1942, it was the first attempt at deception by the London...
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  • During World War II, Operation Span was an Allied military deception operation in support of the landings in southern France in 1944. After the Dragoon...
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    Operation Ironside was a Second World War military deception undertaken by the Allies in 1944. It formed part of Operation Bodyguard, a broad strategic...
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    Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the...
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  • During World War II, Operation Pastel was the U.S. deception plan scheduled to protect Operation Olympic, the planned invasion of southern Japan. Pastel...
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  • Operation Cascade was the codename for an Allied military deception operation during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II for North Africa. Operation...
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    Operation Bertram was a Second World War deception operation practised by the Allied forces in Egypt led by Bernard Montgomery, in the months before the...
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    Operation Copperhead was a small military deception operation run by the British during the Second World War. It formed part of Operation Bodyguard, the...
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    Force, a Cairo-based deception department created by Dudley Clarke, for a formation used in Operation Barclay and Operation Zeppelin. It was later used...
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    wider Bodyguard plan. Glimmer, Taxable and Big Drum were World War II deception operations. They were conducted as part of Operation Bodyguard, a broad...
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  • During World War II, Operation Chettyford (also known as Plan Chettyford) was the code name for a tactical deception mounted in January 1944 in support...
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  • in a number of specific operational deceptions over the next few years (including Operation Zeppelin and Operation Barclay), most often to threaten fictional...
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  • Operation Overlord, the invasion of France. As part of Operation Fortitude, a series of deception operations had been used to divert attention from the Allied...
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  • codename) or Operation Beresino (in East German sources) was a secret deception operation performed by the NKVD against the Nazi secret services from August...
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    leading up to the landings, the Allies conducted Operation Bodyguard, a substantial military deception that used electronic and visual misinformation to...
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    Operation Bodyguard. Bodyguard, in turn, consisted of various elements. For the Mediterranean area, the overall deception plan was Operation Zeppelin...
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  • Operation Barclay was a World War II deception by the Allies in support of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. The goal was to...
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    Dudley Clarke (category Military deception biographies)
    duration between Deception Plans." In quick succession 'A' Force executed deceptions that included the operations Oakenfield and Zeppelin. Later that spring...
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    First United States Army Group (category Operation Quicksilver (deception plan) formations)
    of personnel, FUSAG continued to exist on paper as part of the deception of Operation Quicksilver. In order to make the German forces believe the Allied...
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  • London Controlling Section (category Military deception during World War II)
    coordinate Allied strategic military deception during World War II. The LCS was formed within the Joint Planning Staff at the offices of the War Cabinet...
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    11th Infantry Division (United States) (category Operation Quicksilver (deception plan) formations)
    'reformed' for a third time in 1944 as part of Operation Fortitude. A purely notional unit, in the deception it was depicted as intended to replace the real...
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