D-Day naval deceptions
Operations Taxable, Glimmer and Big Drum were tactical military deceptions conducted on 6 June 1944 in support of the Allied landings in Normandy. The operations formed the naval component of Operation Bodyguard, a wider series of tactical and strategic deceptions surrounding the invasion. Small boats, along with aircraft from RAF Bomber Command, simulated invasion fleets approaching Cap d'Antifer, Pas-de-Calais and Normandy. Glimmer and Taxable played on the German belief, amplified by Allied deception efforts over the preceding months, that the main invasion force would land in the Calais region. Big Drum was positioned on the western flank of the real invasion force to try to confuse German forces about the scale of the landings. These operations complemented Operation Titanic, which wa
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D-Day naval deceptions
Operations Taxable, Glimmer and Big Drum were tactical military deceptions conducted on 6 June 1944 in support of the Allied landings in Normandy. The operations formed the naval component of Operation Bodyguard, a wider series of tactical and strategic deceptions surrounding the invasion. Small boats, along with aircraft from RAF Bomber Command, simulated invasion fleets approaching Cap d'Antifer, Pas-de-Calais and Normandy. Glimmer and Taxable played on the German belief, amplified by Allied deception efforts over the preceding months, that the main invasion force would land in the Calais region. Big Drum was positioned on the western flank of the real invasion force to try to confuse German forces about the scale of the landings. These operations complemented Operation Titanic, which wa
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Les opérations Taxable, Glimme ...... du plan Bodyguard plus vaste.
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Los engaños navales del día D ...... el tamaño de los desembarcos.
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Operations Taxable, Glimmer an ...... t of the wider Bodyguard plan.
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عمليات تاكسابل والوميض والطبل ...... أثَّرت فيهم كثيراً بالآن ذاته.
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A Harbour Defence Motor Launch, similar to those used during the operations
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No. 218 "Gold Coast" Squadron
Royal Naval Reserve
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Taxable, Glimmer and Big Drum
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Limited success in deceiving the enemy as to Allied intentions
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Les opérations Taxable, Glimme ...... nc ouest de la force d'invasio
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Los engaños navales del día D ...... Bodyguard ("Guardaespaldas").
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Operations Taxable, Glimmer an ...... ed Operation Titanic, which wa
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عمليات تاكسابل والوميض والطبل ...... لعمليات عملية تيتانيك السابقة.
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D-Day naval deceptions
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Diversions navales du 6 juin 1944
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Engaños navales del día D
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خدع يوم د البحرية
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