Secret soldiers: the story of World War II's heroic army of deception
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New York : Dutton, c2002.
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xv, 400 pages [8] pages of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Gerard, P. (2002). Secret soldiers: the story of World War II's heroic army of deception. New York, Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gerard, Philip. 2002. Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception. New York, Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gerard, Philip, Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception. New York, Dutton, 2002.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gerard, Philip. Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception. New York, Dutton, 2002.
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| 505 | 8 | |a Machine generated contents note: ACT I: REHEARSAL -- One: The Swashbuckler-1941-1942 -- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.brings deception to America from Britain. -- Two: Hilton Howell Railey, The P.T Barnum of Deception-1942-1944 -- The discoverer of Amelia Earhart creates a deception lab. -- Three: Casting Call for Camoufleurs-1942-1944 -- Artists and other talented men recruited as camoufleurs at Fort Meade, Maryland. -- Four: Artists of Razzle-Dazzle-January-May 1944 -- Special Troops created at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and lear tradecraft of deception. -- Five: Deceptive Fidelity-The Sonic Campaign-1944 -- From sonic "bomb" to sound effects at Pine Camp, sonic warriors -- prepare. -- Six: Dress Rehearsal at Stratford-upon-Avon-May-July 1944 -- Special Troops train in England and wait for D-Day. -- ACT II: ONSTAGE -- Seven: Seeing the Elephant-June-July 1944 -- D-Day through the Battle of Normandy, doing it for real. -- Eight: Bad Show at Brest-August 1944 -- First combined deception leads American tanks into a deadly trap. -- Nine: Hold That Ghost Line-September-October 1944 -- Special Troops hold a seventy-mile-long gap in American lines, -- force a German retreat. -- Ten: Can You Hear Me, Luxembourg?-October-November 1944 -- Second troops into Luxembourg-more operations against -- German border. -- Eleven: The Long, Cruel Winter-December 1944-January 1945 -- Battle of the Bulge erupts in the middle of a deception operation- -- winter campaigns with Patton and others to close the bulge. -- Twelve: The Deadliest Show-February-March 1945 -- Luck runs out-German artillery at last finds them, kills and -- wounds seventeen. -- Thirteen: Grand Illusion-March 1945 -- The Rhine ruse succeeds spectacularly-Ninth Army crosses, the -- war is virtually won. -- ACT III: CLOSING THE SHOW -- Fourteen: Striking the Set-April-August 1945 -- Special Troops demobilized after a dramatic hunt for Russian -- fugitives. -- Epilogue: Curtain Call-Fort Drum N.Y., 15 September 2000 -- Veterans assemble at Fort Drum, New York, their old training -- ground, and find they have been erased from history.. | |
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