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androck14
07-11-2010, 02:32
I'm wondering if anybody still has any of those dummy tanks and other stuff that was used to confuse the germans about the Normandy invasion.
That would be a fun thing to have in the yard.
Mark OFC

Dan Shapiro
07-11-2010, 04:12
Might be one or two in a Brit museum. The first couple of months after D-Day there was no further need for them to put together dummy equipment concentrations to fool German intelligence.

Sunray
07-19-2010, 04:37
"...no further need for them..." Not in England, but they were used right up until the Rhine crossing by a unit specfically formed for hiding troop movements, etc. Very successful at it too. Read a book about it a few months back. Don't remember what it's called.
Doubt there are any inflatables left. The stuff wasn't made for long term use.