Operation Cockade was a series of deception operations designed to alleviate German pressure on Allied operations in Sicily and on the Soviets on the...
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invasion in Norway and France. Bodyguard was preceded in late 1943 by Operation Cockade, which was intended to confuse the German high command as to Allied...
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Ops (B) (category Information operations and warfare)
department's first operation was a three-pronged plan called Operation Cockade, an elaborate ploy to threaten invasions in France and Norway. Cockade was not much...
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to put plans into operation. In 1943 Bevan helped establish Ops (B) (a deception department within COSSAC) and plan Operation Cockade. Intended to tie...
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Chaudoir as "probably one of our most reliable agents." As part of Operation Cockade, Chaudoir told the Germans that the invasion of France was planned...
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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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Timeline of SOE's Prosper Network (category Special Operations Executive)
deliberately sacrificed by the British intelligence services as part of Operation Cockade to mislead the Germans about allied plans for the invasion of Nazi-occupied...
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Army took the field but as part of the deception plans Operation Cockade and the later Operation Fortitude North, the Germans were encouraged to believe...
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HMS Cockade was a C-class destroyer of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. A cockade is a knot of ribbons, or other circular- or oval-shaped symbol of distinctive...
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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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Operation Scherhorn (in English sources) or Operation Berezino (original Soviet codename) or Operation Beresino (in East German sources) was a secret deception...
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charged with planning three operations: Operation Cockade, a deception operation to keep German forces pinned to the coast; Operation Rankin, a plan for measures...
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Army Air Forces until retirement in 1947. Interception of the Rex Operation Cockade Strategic bombing campaign Commander of the 8th US Bomber command...
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several deceptions against the region (for example Operation Hardboiled in 1942 and Operation Cockade in 1943). As a result, John Bevan, head of the London...
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List of Ops (B) staff (section Operations)
deception planning for the Western Front. Their major contribution was to Operations Cockade and Bodyguard, the latter being the cover plan for their Allied invasion...
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World War, on 8 and 9 September 1943, Le Portel suffered as part of Operation Cockade, a diversionary manoeuvre by the Allies to fool the Germans into believing...
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Second World War, on 8 and 9 September 1943, it was hit as part of Operation Cockade. This was a diversion by the Allies to fool occupying Nazi Germany...
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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...
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cockade. The rays are from the Soviet cockade, however, were occasionally part of Imperial uniforms. Finally, the ceremonial wreathing of the cockade...
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During World War II, Operation Span was an Allied military deception operation in support of the landings in southern France in 1944. After the Dragoon...
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power. Cockades were widely worn by revolutionaries beginning in 1789. They now pinned the blue-and-red cockade of Paris onto the white cockade of the...
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Double-Cross System (redirect from Operation XX)
System or XX System was a World War II counter-espionage and deception operation of the British Security Service (MI5). Nazi agents in Britain – real and...
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D-Day naval deceptions (redirect from Operation Glimmer)
in support of the Allied landings in Normandy. The operations formed the naval component of Operation Bodyguard, a wider series of tactical and strategic...
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Operation Bertram was a Second World War deception operation practised by the Allied forces in Egypt led by Bernard Montgomery, in the months before the...
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Operation Titanic was a series of military deceptions carried out by the Allied Nations during the Second World War. They formed part of tactical element...
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Operation Barclay was a World War II deception by the Allies in support of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. The goal was to...
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Operation Ferdinand was a military deception employed by the Allies during the Second World War. It formed part of Operation Bodyguard, a major strategic...
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submitted three operations (Starkey, Wadham and Tindall), under the overall name Cockade to the Chiefs of Staff for approval. Operation Starkey was a threatened...
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Italian national colours appeared for the first time in Genoa on a tricolour cockade on 21 August 1789, anticipating by seven years the first green, white and...
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During World War II, Operation Pastel was the U.S. deception plan scheduled to protect Operation Olympic, the planned invasion of southern Japan. Pastel...
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