D-Day: The world's greatest deception operation that fooled Hitler

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Published on May 29, 2024 3:00:42 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8uYqxvEQM

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Deception has always been a key component in warfare, and was used to great effect during the Second World War.

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation to disguise the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.

And in the run-up to D-Day in June 1944, the Allies carried out a similar operation for Normandy.

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