Deception at D-Day | Deceiving Hitler

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[@henrikchristensen7118]

This just might be the best documentary on D-day…. Very well done!

[@Jmp5nb]

Great material carefully presented! Thankyou!

[@emmanueldidier321]

Fortitude was a very dangerous double game in which we had to sacrifice some of our own people in order to convince the enemy that it was "right", that is on the wrong path. In other words, we sent our agents in situations we knew were ambivalent or dangerous and the probability was very high that they would be captured. The circumstances in which Noor Inayat Khan was sent to France induce me to think that she was one of those sacrificed assets. An interesting illustration is in "Foyle's War".

[@ridethecurve55]

I highly doubt MacArthur could have hatched a similar scheme in the Pacific. But he was good at pushing his conny cob pipe around!

[@ridethecurve55]

Well, this was new, indeed, to me, anyway. New footage, and coverage of an often-neglected but vital aspect of the D-Day invasion. I'm going to need to watch this again, because I'm not very skilled in 'mil-speak'. Thank you to all who participated in its creation. It gives an important perspective off all the work and skills behind the scenes which definitely made a successful invasion possible.

[@Chiller01]

The military loves acronyms. They can be a useful shorthand but mostly they serve to identify members of a group. The definitions are known to the group and those who don’t know the meaning of the acronyms are identified as outsiders. Does one really need an acronym for “course of action” other than to confuse outsiders?

[@MrCraigulator]

After years of watching various military history "documentaries" its nice to get the straight poop from the SOURCE. Outstanding.

[@marksoliva2332]

Truly from the SOURCE! The actual US army youtube!

[@carryingthegun]

Very well done.

[@L_Train]

The computer animation sure beats the old Stalingrad videos. Those seemed like a class project

[@jtmitchell7491]

Whoever made this film is awesome. I hear Dr. Carey is not only a genius but he's also a stud.

[@careymr56]

Wow, he musta paid twice his usual comment fee for that one!

[@magillaandveal8451]

This is fantastic. Great job teaching doctrine throughout a historical case study. I would love to know who the main POC was that made the video.

[@randymasten9183]

Dr. Chris Carey

[@L_Train]

Person of color?

[@randymasten9183]

@@L_Train He is not. Why?

[@L_Train]

@@randymasten9183 is that what POC stands for

[@randymasten9183]

@@L_Train In this case POC is "point of contact"

[@fabricemvah3093]

Well done.

[@midsue]

Interesting topic 👍

[@DavidDavidunderthebridgeChampi]

Planned direct and indirect unplanned actions affected the effectiveness of this wall. The destroying of dams providing essential power in the Ruhr proved to divert much material and assets from the wall in rebuilding them.

[@string-bag]

Bless them all.

[@flexangelo]

hurray

[@skelejp9982]

I have a book, about a Dutch spy working for the Germans, during WW2, who was dropped in the UK. Hitler's Spy Against Churchill The Spy Who Died Out in the Cold author: Jan-Willem van den Braak The Germans spy network, during WW2, in the UK, was on a such amateurishly level, that some think, Canaris had this done on purpose. For example, an Agent, was dropped, goes to a Pub, ordering a drink, while not being properly informed, about UK Pubs having a special war regulation Curfew...

[@dondon-wg9ft]

Excellent

[@geoseward]

Can anyone give me the number of German divisions and their strength in the 15 German Army who manned the Pas de Calais

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

I don't understand the fetish for dictionary definitions and acronyms. This feels like a training video from the department of defence

[@DonLuc23]

How great this could have been without the background noise (music?). Sometimes covers up the vocal information.

[@DonLuc23]

Turns into a very poorly produced music video

[@ThatMusicKid100]

@@DonLuc23 have you even watched a music video in the last 20 years?

[@DonLuc23]

@@ThatMusicKid100 Duh, that's why I said it sounded poorly produced. Have you ever watched one?

[@canuck_gamer3359]

I hate to nitpick but in the opening moments of this video it is said that Hitler"...continued to build defences in the West as an economy of force." FIrstly, Hitler wasn't economical about anything, much of what he did was a complete waste of resources and the Atlantic Wall is a perfect example. It took two years to build it, required tens of thousands of soldiers and workers and was obsolete in mere hours. How, under anyone's version, is that an example of economy of force?? Most of the best military commanders realized at that time that static defenses were useless anyway, including Von Rundstedt.

[@martinparker701]

Soldiers didn't build it, only forced pow's and forced labour to build it

[@MrThemmis]

That narrator could read a phone book and make it sound good!