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Diversion and deception : Dudley Clarke's "A" Force and Allied operations in World War II
- Title
- Diversion and deception : Dudley Clarke's "A" Force and Allied operations in World War II / Whitney T. Bendeck.
- Author
- Bendeck, Whitney T.
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- xii, 288 pages : illustration, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Explores how Britain's "A" Force, under the leadership of Dudley Clarke, orchestrated both strategic and tactical deception plans to create notional threats across the southern perimeter of Europe, with the chief objective of keeping the Germans pinned down across the Mediterranean during World War II"--
- Alternative Title
- Dudley Clarke's "A" Force and Allied operations in World War II
- Subjects
- Deception (Military science)
- History
- 1900-1999
- World War > (1939-1945)
- Mediterranean Region
- Great Britain
- Operation Overlord
- Military intelligence
- Military campaigns
- Deception
- Clarke, Dudley, 1899-1974
- Operation Bodyguard
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Mediterranean Region
- World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence > Great Britain
- Deception (Military science) > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Deception
- Allied Forces > Headquarters > "A" Force > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Dudley Clarke, "A" Force, and the Development of Allied Military Deception -- Europe Bound: Strategic Planning for 1943 -- The Dilemma of Sicily -- Rounding Out 1943 in Italy -- Tactical Maneuvering and Strategic Planning in 1944 -- Diversionary Deception: Assisting Overlord from the Mediterranean with Plan Zeppelin -- The Climax of Plan Zeppelin: Vendetta and Turpitude -- "A" Force's Last Act.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2586
- ISBN
- 9780806168463
- 0806168463
- LCCN
- 2020032974
- 40030444984
- OCLC
- 1192305236
- Author
- Bendeck, Whitney T., author.
- Title
- Diversion and deception : Dudley Clarke's "A" Force and Allied operations in World War II / Whitney T. Bendeck.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030444984
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2586