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Operation Bodyguard (deception) (14 juill. 1943 – 6 juin 1944)

Description:

Planning for Bodyguard was started in 1943 by the London Controlling Section, a department of the war cabinet. They produced a draft strategy, referred to as Plan Jael, which was presented to leaders at the Tehran Conference in late November and, despite skepticism due to the failure of earlier deception strategy, approved on 6 December 1943.

Bodyguard was a strategy under which all deception planners would operate. The overall aim was to lead the Germans to believe that an invasion of northwest Europe would come later than was planned and to expect attacks elsewhere, including the Pas-de-Calais, the Balkans, southern France, Norway and Soviet attacks in Bulgaria and northern Norway. The key part of the strategy was to attempt to hide the amount of troop buildup in Southern England, by developing threats across the European theatre, and to emphasise an Allied focus on major bombing campaigns.

Planned 14 July 1943 – 6 June 1944

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodyguard

Ajouté au bande de temps:

Date:

14 juill. 1943
6 juin 1944
~ 10 months