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Ghost Army inflatable tank
Obscure Normandy & D-Day

The Ghost Army: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops

Normandy, France • 1944

The Ghost Army was a unit of 1,100 artists, designers, and sound engineers who used inflatable tanks, sonic deception, and fake radio traffic to deceive the Germans. They "appeared...

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