Operation Fortitude

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Operation Fortitude was a World War II Allied deception campaign designed to mislead Nazi Germany about the timing and location of the D-Day invasion.


Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation
military deception operation
aimedToDeceiveAbout location of Allied landings in Western Europe
strength of Allied invasion forces
timing of the D-Day invasion
alliance Allies of World War II
commandedBy Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
conflict World War II
coordinatedBy London Controlling Section
Ops (B) of SHAEF
country Canada
United Kingdom
United States
describedIn postwar Allied intelligence histories
hasPart Operation Fortitude North
Operation Fortitude South
location Scotland
Southeast England
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Western Europe
notableCommander Brigadier Dudley Clarke
Colonel John Bevan
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
objective to convince German High Command that main invasion would not be in Normandy
to delay German reinforcements to Normandy
to fix German forces away from Normandy
opponent Nazi Germany
partOf Allied deception strategy for Operation Overlord
Bodyguard deception plan
relatedTo Normandy landings NERFINISHED
Operation Overlord NERFINISHED
Pas-de-Calais
result German forces retained in Pas-de-Calais
contributed to success of Operation Overlord
successful deception of German High Command
startTime 1944
subOperationOf Operation Bodyguard
targeted Abwehr
German military intelligence
theater European theatre of World War II
usedAsset Double-Cross System agents
agent Brutus (Roman Czerniawski)
agent Garbo (Juan Pujol García)
agent Tate (Wulf Schmidt)
usedMethod controlled leaks through diplomatic channels
decoy radio traffic
double agents
dummy equipment
fake military formations
false intelligence reports
planted newspaper stories
radio deception
visual deception

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Operation Bodyguard
Operation Bodyguard ("Operation Fortitude North")
Operation Bodyguard ("Operation Fortitude South")
Operation Fortitude ("Operation Fortitude North")
Operation Fortitude ("Operation Fortitude South")
hasPart
Operation Overlord
precededBy

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