Deception
Some troops from the American Ghost Army went to Normandy two weeks after D-Day to simulate a fake Mulberry harbour. The deception was created in such a way that at night its lights drew German gunfire away from the real Mulberries.
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Famous quotes containing the word deception:
“A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.”
—Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
“To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)