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U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa led a naval history symposium near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, on June 1, 2025, ...
Normandy remembers the courage and sacrifice of D-Day soldiers 81 years later at the American Cemetery and annual memorials.
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The Inflatable Tanks That Fooled Hitler
We all know inflatable castles exist, but have you ever heard of inflatable tanks? During World War II, the Allies used many tactics to deceive Axis forces and protect their actual military plans. One ...
What was observed by German reconnaissance aircraft was, in fact, a “Ghost Army” of rubber tanks ... invasion from Dover that for weeks after D-Day, Hitler still believed that the Normandy ...
Learn all about Operation Fortitude, the plan to deceive and divide the Nazis during the build-up to D-Day, when National ... Added to that was a ghost army created to mislead the Germans about ...
From the 80th Anniversary of D-Day to responses to natural disasters ... presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to the WWII Ghost Army Soldiers, and by naming the newest integrated air defense ...
WASHINGTON — As the Army moves closer to its 250th birthday ... for distinguished achievements and contributions. D-Day 80th anniversary Service members from across the Department of Defense ...
inspired by a British effort to create a fake U.S. airfield that was meant to fool the Germans about the landing site of the Allies’ invasion of Normandy on D-Day. The Ghost Army was the first ...
Hapgood served in the war in the “Ghost Army,” a unit dedicated to deception and trickery that ran 21 different ersatz military campaigns between D-Day and the surrender of Germany in May 1945.