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The Ghost Army was a United States Army tactical deception unit during World War II officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. [2] [3] The 1,100-man unit was given a unique mission: to deceive Hitler's forces and mislead them as to the size and location of Allied forces, while giving the actual units elsewhere time to maneuver. [4]
The 48th Division "Ghost" patch used during World War II. Elements of the 48th Armored Division, circa 1960, probably the 124th Infantry of Florida. Shoulder patch used by the National Guard 48th Infantry Division from 16 February 1949 to 1 November 1955. [1]
The XX Corps of the United States Army fought from northern France to Austria in World War II.Constituted on 10 October 1943 by re-designating the IV Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces, a training organization which had been activated at Camp Young, California on 5 September 1942, XX Corps became operational in France as part of Lieutenant General George S. Patton's U.S.
The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which carried out about 20 battlefield deceptions in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, and around 200 ...
Here’s what you need to know about the Ghost Army: What was the Ghost Army? The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company ...
When creating the Ghost Army, U.S. Army officials meticulously selected roughly 1,100 individuals bound by secrecy. They prohibited any discussion of the mission with family or fellow soldiers ...
First United States Army Group (often abbreviated FUSAG) was a fictitious (paper command) Allied Army Group in World War II prior to D-Day, part of Operation Quicksilver, created to deceive the Germans about where the Allies would land in France.
Third Army belonged) advance at the Elbe River and then committed the U.S. Third Army, the U.S. Seventh Army and the French First Army to overrun what they believed was an "Alpine Redoubt" in the south of Germany. The so-called redoubt proved to be a myth and the commitment of eight U.S. and French army corps against it was a curious use of ...