Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate
The British Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate (also known as the Camouflage Unit or Camouflage Branch) organised major deception operations for Middle East Command in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It provided camouflage during the siege of Tobruk; a dummy railhead at Misheifa, and the largest of all, Operation Bertram, the army-scale deception for the decisive battle of El Alamein in October 1942. The successful deception was praised publicly by Winston Churchill.
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Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate
The British Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate (also known as the Camouflage Unit or Camouflage Branch) organised major deception operations for Middle East Command in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. It provided camouflage during the siege of Tobruk; a dummy railhead at Misheifa, and the largest of all, Operation Bertram, the army-scale deception for the decisive battle of El Alamein in October 1942. The successful deception was praised publicly by Winston Churchill.
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The British Middle East Comman ...... lage GSO2 in the British army.
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نظمت مديرية تمويه قيادة الشرق ...... في التمويه في الجيش البريطاني.
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Military camouflagetraining & operations
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A Crusader tank in Operation Bertram
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Camouflage
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Military camouflage training & operations
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Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate
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The British Middle East Comman ...... publicly by Winston Churchill.
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نظمت مديرية تمويه قيادة الشرق ...... في التمويه في الجيش البريطاني.
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Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate
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مديرية تمويه قيادة الشرق الأوسط
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Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate
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Camouflage
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