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40 Fascinating But Lesser Known Facts About WWII

Khalid Elhassan January 5, 2019 25 min

World War II - European theatre of World War II — Raising the Red Banner over the Reichstag. Anarkismo

German defensive position, overlooking the Normandy beaches. Military History Now

24. Operation Bodyguard: The Allied D-Day Deceptions

Operation Bodyguard was an Allied intelligence plan to deceive the Germans about when and where the invasion of France would occur in 1944. The plan had three goals: first, conceal the time and date of the invasion. Second, convince the Germans that the main invasion would be at the Pas de Calais. Third, convince the Germans to keep units defending the Pas de Calais for at least two weeks after D-Day, instead of send them to reinforce their troops in Normandy.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.