Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action...
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Russian military deception, sometimes known as maskirovka (Russian: маскировка, lit. 'masking, disguise'), is a military doctrine developed from the start...
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Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver...
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computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified...
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deception (D&D) is a Western theoretical framework for conceiving and analyzing military intelligence techniques pertaining to secrecy and deception....
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Operation Fortitude (redirect from Operation Quicksilver (deception plan))
Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the buildup...
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Ruse de guerre (redirect from Stratagem (deception))
into two groups. The first classifies the phrase purely as an act of military deception against one's opponent; the second emphasizes acts against one's opponent...
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Dudley Clarke (category Military deception biographies)
pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War. His ideas for combining fictional orders of battle, visual deception and double...
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Operation Mincemeat (category World War II deception operations)
Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of...
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decoys are fake military equipment that are intended to deceive the enemy. Dummies and decoys are only one aspect of military deception. During World War...
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warfare introduced its own air combat tactics. Often, military deception, in the form of military camouflage or misdirection using decoys, is used to confuse...
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Double-Cross System (section V-weapons deception)
Double-Cross System or XX System was a World War II counter-espionage and deception operation of the British Security Service (MI5). Nazi agents in Britain...
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danger of being targeted or enable surprise. As such, military camouflage is a form of military deception in addition to cultural functions such as political...
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Ewen Montagu (category British military writers)
best known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation that misdirected German forces' attention away from the...
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Ghost Army (category Military deception during World War II)
The Ghost Army was a United States Army tactical deception unit during World War II officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. The 1,100-man...
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officer known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation which misdirected German forces' attention away from the...
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MI9 (redirect from Military Intelligence, Section 9)
East, General Sir Archibald Wavell. Clarke's main role was to manage military deception in the region. As cover for this secret mission, he was also assigned...
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Procedures, to explain a form of deception, commonly used by terrorists in their attacks. The concept is commonly used in military tactical modelling and scientific...
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Operation Bodyguard (category Military deception during World War II)
Operation Bodyguard was the code name for a World War II deception strategy employed by the Allied states before the 1944 invasion of northwest Europe...
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electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in concert with specified supporting and...
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Army created a large number of notional deception formations that were used in a number of World War II deception operations. The most notable fictional...
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Army made extensive use of fictional formations as part of various military deception efforts to inflate their order of battle. The use of such formations...
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First United States Army Group (category Operation Quicksilver (deception plan) formations)
Holt. The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. Phoenix. 2005. ISBN 0-7538-1917-1 Jon Latimer, Deception in War, London: John Murray...
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Operation Copperhead was a small military deception operation run by the British during the Second World War. It formed part of Operation Bodyguard, the...
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Dummy tank (category Military use of mimicry)
superficially resemble real tanks and are often deployed as a means of military deception in the absence of real tanks. Early designs included wooden shells...
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Dennis Wheatley (section Military service)
London Controlling Section, which secretly coordinated strategic military deception and cover plans. His literary talents led to his working with planning...
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forces, and the deception of the enemy. The father of Western modern strategic studies, Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), defined military strategy as "the...
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Japan. They were often employed in siege, espionage missions, and military deception. They often appear in the historical record during the Sengoku period...
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refer to: Deception (criminal law), a legal term Deception Glacier, Antarctica Deception Island, Antarctica Deception Plateau, Antarctica Deception River...
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Trojan War (category Military deception)
him to join the war. According to Homer, however, Odysseus supported the military adventure from the beginning, and travelled the region with Pylos' king...
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