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Secret soldiers : the story of World War II's heroic army of deception
- Title
- Secret soldiers : the story of World War II's heroic army of deception / Philip Gerard.
- Author
- Gerard, Philip.
- Publication
- New York : Dutton, [2002], ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | D769.25 .G47 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-352) and index.
- Contents
- Chronology of Events -- Introduction - 23 March 1945 -- 1. The Swashbuckler - 1941-1942: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. brings deception to America from Britain -- 2. Hilton Howell Railey, The P. T. Barnum of Deception - 1942-1944: The discoverer of Amelia Earhart creates a deception lab -- 3. Casting Call for Camoufleurs - 1942-1944: Artists and other talented men recruited as camoufleurs at Fort Meade, Maryland -- 4. Artists of Razzle-Dazzle - January-May 1944: Special Troops created at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and learn tradecraft of deception -- 5. Deceptive Fidelity - The Sonic Campaign - 1944: From sonic "bomb" to sound effects at Pine Camp, sonic warriors prepare -- 6. Dress Rehearsal at Stratford-upon-Avon - May-July 1944: Special Troops train in England and wait for D-Day -- 7. Seeing the Elephant - June-July 1944: D-Day through the Battle of Normandy, doing it for real -- 8. Bad Show at Brest - August 1944: First combined deception leads American tanks into a deadly trap --
- 9. Hold That Ghost Line - September-October 1944: Special Troops hold a seventy-mile-long gap in American lines, force a German retreat -- 10. Can You Hear Me, Luxembourg? - October-November 1944: Second troops into Luxembourg - more operations against German border -- 11. 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 -- 12. The Deadliest Show - February-March 1945: Luck runs out - German artillery at last finds them, kills and wounds seventeen -- 13. Grand Illusion - March 1945: The Rhine ruse succeeds spectacularly - Ninth Army crosses, the war is virtually won -- 14. 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.
- ISBN
- 0525946640 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002017069
- OCLC
- ocm48876569
- SCSB-4282676
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries