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FUSAG, Garbo, and the Illusion of Calais How Deception Won Normandy

In 1944, the Allies launched not one invasion—but two.
The first stormed the beaches of Normandy.
The second never existed.

Operation Fortitude was the secret war of deception that convinced Hitler the real Allied landing would strike at Pas-de-Calais, not Normandy. Using fake divisions, forged radio networks, and the brilliant double agent “Garbo,” the Allies built a phantom army so convincing that Germany kept its strongest forces in the wrong place for weeks.

This documentary from WWII Kemories of a Time reveals how imagination, intelligence, and misinformation won the greatest gamble of World War II. Through declassified British archives, decoded Ultra intercepts, and testimonies from the deceivers themselves, we uncover how Fortitude turned lies into a weapon—and why its lessons still shape modern information warfare today.

Step behind the curtain of D-Day to see the invasion that never was… and the ghosts that saved the real one.

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