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On 5/25/2019 at 10:07 AM, JeeExEll said:

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Interesting fact on these 'ghost' armies prior to D-Day: Because the Allies had cracked the Enigma Code and could decipher all German communications and had also 'turned' German spies in the UK who were feeding significant false information to the Nazis about D Day (the ruse was that this would centre on the Calais area) - these ghost armies were set up to partly hide these two other bits of espionage from anybody snooping about - ie a double bluff. By '44 there was no significant German air reconnaissance over England. It all worked - the Normandy landings were considered diversionary and some German troops were held back for the 'real' attack on Calais - giving the Allies a better chance in Normandy.

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3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Interesting fact on these 'ghost' armies prior to D-Day: Because the Allies had cracked the Enigma Code and could decipher all German communications and had also 'turned' German spies in the UK who were feeding significant false information to the Nazis about D Day (the ruse was that this would centre on the Calais area) - these ghost armies were set up to partly hide these two other bits of espionage from anybody snooping about - ie a double bluff. By '44 there was no significant German air reconnaissance over England. It all worked - the Normandy landings were considered diversionary and some German troops were held back for the 'real' attack on Calais - giving the Allies a better chance in Normandy.

Less well known is that a similar deception (codename Fortitude North) was played out in Scotland suggesting the liberation of Norway at the same time as the invasion of France. Fortitude North was so successful that the Germans kept 13 divisions in Norway which were sorely needed in France.

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Buses in Malta circa 1953.  I was only about 4 when this was taken.  Dad was stationed with the RAF near Valetta and we lived nearby.   I have tried without success to match the view to something on Google maps.  Redevelopment has probably completely changed the scene unless I have failed to recognise key buildings. 

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