World War II/Operation Fortitude

Operation Fortitude was the collective codename for the deception operations used by the Allied forces prior to and following the World War II/Normandy landings. The principal aim of the deception was to trick the German high command into believing that the landings would take place in the [Pas de Calais]? rather than the Normandy beaches.

The deceptions were manifold. These ranged from the building of artificial airfields complete with papier-mache aircraft in East Anglia, to radio traffic deception by a specially briefed outfit which drove around the south-coast of England simulating an army manouevring, to the broadcasting of misleading messages from secret agents who had effectively been 'turned' by the Double Cross System, such as /Garbo.