Operation Cockade
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Operation Cockade was a series of deception operations designed to alleviate German pressure on Allied operations in Sicily and on the Soviets on the Eastern Front by feinting various attacks into Wes
54th LAA Bofors during Exercise Harlequin, 11 September 1943
Ops (B)
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Ops was an Allied military deception planning department, based in the United Kingdom, during the Second World War. It was set up under Colonel Jervis-Read in April 1943 as a department of Chief of St
Operation Cockade
…convinced Morgan to establish a specialist deception section on his staff, but Morgan's hierarchy was unable to accommodate it and so a department, Ops (B), was set up within the "G-3" operations division. A deception also required at least one notional amphibious invasion of the French coast. The real…
General Frederick E. Morgan, COSSAC, established Ops (B) in April 1943 following pressure from John Bevan
An Operation Bodyguard memo with notes from Colonel Jervis-Read