How A Hollywood-Style Production Team (Known as the "Ghost Army") Duped and Helped Defeat Hitler's Army
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1943, the US Army came up with a daring plan to trick Hitler’s army. They created a unit of artists, sound engineers, and prop builders who fooled the German army into seeing the US army in places it wasn’t. Rick Beyer, Author of the book The Ghost Army of World War II, brings us the story of this top-secret unit.
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