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D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Kathryn BarbierSeries:Stackpole Military HistoryPublish date:2009-03-04Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stackpole BooksISBN-13:9780811735346ISBN-10:811735346UPC:9780811735346Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, StrategySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCEXWN3GNF
Before landing in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies executed an elaborate deception plan designed to prevent the Germans from concentrating forces in Normandy. The lesser-known first part, Fortitude North, suggested a threat to Norway. The more famous Fortitude South indicated that the invasion would occur at the Pas de Calais rather than Normandy, largely by creating a fictitious army group under Gen. George S. Patton. While historians have generally praised Operation Fortitude, Barbier takes a more nuanced view, arguing that the deception, while implemented well, affected the invasion's outcome only minimally.
  • A much-needed reassessment of the deception operation that preceded the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II
  • Involves double agents, fake equipment, phantom units, and famous commanders
  • Language:EnglishPublisher:Stackpole BooksISBN-13:9780811735346ISBN-10:811735346UPC:9780811735346Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, StrategySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCEXWN3GNF
    Mary Kathryn Barbier is a professor of history at Mississippi State University, where she teaches American history, military history, and grand strategy. She is also the author of Kursk (978-0-7603-1254-4) and coauthor of Strategy and Tactics (978-0-7603-1401-2).
    Publisher: Stackpole Books

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