List of British Divisions in World War II - Deception

Deception

  • 2nd Airborne Division - Formed with the 11th & 12th Parachute Brigades and 13th Air-Landing Brigade. Based in Lincolnshire. Used as a deception division leading up to D-Day with Fourth Army of First U.S. Army Group, and then again for the proposed operation around Kiel-Bremen when Arnhem was underway. The division was disbanded in December 1944, as its troops provided replacements for the 1st & 6th Airborne Divisions. This division should not be confused with the 2nd Indian Airborne Division, formed on 1 November 1945 from the 44th Indian Airborne Division but active only briefly.
  • 7th Division (Cyprus) - 14 June 1941 7th Division HQ formed for deception purposes and based in Cyprus; deception continued until June 1943.
  • 40th Infantry Division - Formed 9 November 1943 in Sicily as a deception operation. 17 June 1944 disbanded in Sicily.
  • 57th Infantry Division - Formed 9 November 1943 in North Africa as a deception measure. 29 July 1944 disbanded in North Africa.

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