Operation Fortitude
- Here are entered works on the military strategy to deceive the German High Command over the Normandy invasion during World War II. Works on the general military planning and diplomatic negotiations for the Normandy invasion are entered under [Operation Overlord.] Works on the Normandy invasion and campaign of 1944 are entered under [World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.]
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002005785
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2002005785#concept
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- Normandy Invasion, 1944 (Planning)
- Fortitude, Operation
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- found: Work cat.: Garbo : The spy who saved D-Day, 2000:jkt. (Garbo and his M.I.5 controllers eventually succeeded in pulling off one of the greatest strategic deceptions in history. As part of Operation Fortitude, they convinced the Germans that the D-Day landings were only a diversionary attack, thus safeguarding the Allied landings and hastening the end of the war in Europe.)
- found: Military History Online WWW Site, 28 May 2002:Operation Overlord page (The deception - Operation Fortitude. Elaborate efforts were taken in order to deceive the Germans into thinking the Allied force was concentrated in Kent. The plan, called Operation Fortitude was considered a great success in keeping the German High Command guessing about where the real invasion [Operation Overlord] would come from.)
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- 2002-05-29: new
- 2021-05-12: revised
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