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- Title
Send in the Dummies! Operation TITANIC's Role during D-Day.
- Authors
Thompson, Zachary
- Abstract
The article discusses Operation TITANIC, a deception operation conducted as part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944. According to the author, the operation was crucial to the success of airborne landings in Normandy because it delayed German officials from committing reserve troops to the Cotentin Peninsula. Details on operation's psychological effects and its use of mannequin paratroopers outfitted with gun simulators are presented.
- Subjects
FRANCE; NORMANDY Invasion, 1944; DECEPTION (Military science); MANNEQUINS (Figures); WORLD War II; WORLD War II -- Psychological aspects
- Publication
History Matters, 2014, Issue 11, p6
- ISSN
1934-4651
- Publication type
Article