The Ghost Army: The WWII Con Artists Who Fooled Hitler With Inflatable Tanks
A 1,100-man unit of artists, ad men and sound engineers fought World War II with rubber tanks, recorded noise and pure theatre. Their secret held for half a century.
Operation Mincemeat: The Dead Man Who Fooled Hitler and Saved Sicily
In 1943 British intelligence dressed a dead tramp as a Royal Marine officer, chained a briefcase of fake secrets to his wrist, and floated him toward the Spanish coast. Hitler believed every word — and moved his armies to defend the wrong country.