{"product_id":"fortitude-the-dday-deception-campaign-9781585672943","title":"Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe objective was to persuade the enemy that the long-awaited landings would take place in the Pas-de-Calais  and that any attack in Normandy would be nothing more than a diversionary feint that could be safely ignored. Hundreds of bogus agent reports were manufactured  an entire US Army Group was invented  false radio signals transmitted  and inflatable tanks  dummy bombers built of balsa wood and canvas landing craft were positioned where they could be photographed by the Luftwaffe. Each itemed an imminent amphibious assault from Dover  across the shortest stretch of the English Channel. Operation Fortitude was an extraordinary success. In this volume  the classified official history of the entire operation  written by Roger Hesketh as head of the team of D-Day deception specialists  has been declassified and released.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647015903285,"sku":"ByrdShop_1585672947","price":52.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781585672943.jpg?v=1781685662","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fortitude-the-dday-deception-campaign-9781585672943","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}