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
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
Operation Fortitude
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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 w
Ops (B)
…Ops (B) was tasked with operational planning for the main portion of Operation Bodyguard, a deception plan to cover the 1944 Normandy landings, named Operation Fortitude. In early 1944 David Strangeways joined the 21st Army (the invasion force); Strangeways clashed with Wild, and ended up rewriting major portions of…
Juan Pujol Garcia, or agent Garbo, was a key part of the Fortitude deception
Dummy landing craft, used during Fortitude, at an unknown location in the South-East of England
Edinburgh Castle, the headquarters of the fictional British Fourth Army during Operation Fortitude