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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]
With inflatable tanks, radio trickery, costume uniforms and acting, the American military units that became known as the Ghost Army outwitted the enemy during World War II. Their mission was kept ...
Inflatable tanks, fake radio traffic, loudspeakers playing the sounds of trucks, fake uniforms and camouflage were tactics used in World War II to confuse Nazi Germany axis forces.
During WWII, the Ghost Army created and positioned rubber inflatable planes to fool Nazis. These planes can be seen at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum through Aug. 25.
The Ghost Army Official Web Site; The Ghost Army at IMDb; on YouTube (producer's YouTube Channel) Garber, Megan. "Ghost Army: The Inflatable Tanks That Fooled Hitler", The Atlantic, May 22, 2013. The Ghost Army of World War II, Princeton Architectural Press, 2015. (ISBN 978-1616893187
An inflatable dummy tank, modeled after the M4 Sherman Inflatable dummies consisted of a fabric covering supported by a network of pressurized rubber tubes that formed a kind of "pneumatic skeleton". These were generally preferred in the field, despite their tendency to rapidly deflate if punctured by accident or shellfire.
The soldiers’ mission included using inflatable tanks, trucks and planes, as well as sound effects, radio trickery, costume uniforms and acting, to trick the Germans on the battlefield ...
The LCRL or LCR (L) (Landing Craft Rubber Large) was an inflatable boat which could carry ten men that was used by the United States Marine Corps and US Army from 1938 to 1945. 10,125 LCRLs were made during World War II. It had a weight of 320 pounds (150 kg) and measured 20 ft × 8 ft (5.5 m × 2.4 m).