Operation Fortitude
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title:
Operation Fortitude
text:
Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the buildup to the 1944 Normandy landings. Fortitude was divided into two subplans, North and South, and had the aim of misleading the German High Command as to the location of the invasion. Fortitude had evolved from plans submitted by Noel Wild, the head of Ops (B), and John Bevan, from the London Controlling Section in late 1943. Early revisions in
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Military deception operation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude
date created:
2001-06-25T16:07:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T16:10:42Z
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