Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action...

Russian military deception, sometimes known as maskirovka (Russian: маскировка, lit. 'masking, disguise'), is a military doctrine developed from the start...

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...

deception (D&D) is a Western theoretical framework for conceiving and analyzing military intelligence techniques pertaining to secrecy and deception....

computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified...

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...

Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the buildup...

pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War. His ideas for combining fictional orders of battle, visual deception and double...

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of...

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...

warfare introduced its own air combat tactics. Often, military deception, in the form of military camouflage or misdirection using decoys, is used to confuse...

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...

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...

best known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation that misdirected German forces' attention away from the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

officer known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation which misdirected German forces' attention away from the...

electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in concert with specified supporting and...

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...

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...

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...

Operation Copperhead was a small military deception operation run by the British during the Second World War. It formed part of Operation Bodyguard, the...

refer to: Deception (criminal law), a legal term Deception Glacier, Antarctica Deception Island, Antarctica Deception Plateau, Antarctica Deception River...

London Controlling Section, which secretly coordinated strategic military deception and cover plans. His literary talents led to his working with planning...

Japan. They were often employed in siege, espionage missions, and military deception. They often appear in the historical record during the Sengoku period...

forces, and the deception of the enemy. The father of Western modern strategic studies, Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), defined military strategy as "the...

him to join the war. According to Homer, however, Odysseus supported the military adventure from the beginning, and travelled the region with Pylos' king...

months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date...