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A cargo ship scuttled off Utah Beach as a breakwater. West Nohno United States Navy: 11 June 1944 A cargo ship scuttled off Utah Beach as a breakwater. White Ship: 25 November 1120 A 12th century vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur.
However, the corps would be part of the actual Normandy invasion and so it would be difficult to imply Calais as the main assault after D-Day. [13] Strangeways's final concerns related to the effort required for physical deception, as the plan called for large numbers of troop movements and dummy craft.
Operation Undergo was an attack by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on the German garrison and fortifications of the French port of Calais, during September 1944.A subsidiary operation was executed to capture German long-range, heavy artillery at Cap Gris Nez, which threatened the sea approaches to Boulogne.
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Taxable simulated an invasion force approaching Cap d'Antifer (about 80 km from the actual D-Day landings) and Glimmer spoofed an invasion at Pas-de-Calais (far from Normandy). By dropping chaff in progressive patterns, Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers for both operations were able to create the illusion of a large fleet on coastal radar screens.
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