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Operation Fortitude (deception) (mar 1, 1944 – jun 5, 1944)

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Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the buildup to the 1944 Normandy landings. Fortitude was divided into two subplans, North and South, and had the aim of misleading the German High Command as to the location of the invasion.

March – June 1944

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

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Date:

mar 1, 1944
jun 5, 1944
~ 3 months and 6 days