Secret soldiers: the story of World War II's heroic army of deception
Profiles the virtually unknown 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, an elite, thousand-man "ghost army" that helped win the war in Europe and fought in more campaigns than any other unit in the European theater of operations.
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Dutton
2002
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| Zusammenfassung: | Profiles the virtually unknown 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, an elite, thousand-man "ghost army" that helped win the war in Europe and fought in more campaigns than any other unit in the European theater of operations. |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 400 S. [4] Bl. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0525946640 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
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..
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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