4 Army - The Phantom Army

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I just picked up a medal to Chief of the Imperial Staff for WW2. It says he commanded 4 Army a unit employed in decieving the Germans on allied strength and invasion targets.

Are these the chaps with the blow up tanks? Need help from WW2 special units experts on explaining what they did, I couldnt find anything on Google?

Thanks,

Steve.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Steve, you did not quite search the right thing, British 4th Army Group will bring results

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude

Yes, these were the guys with the blow up Shermans etc.

Cheers, Ade.

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Adrian I wonder if you ever heard tell that the deception that went along with Operation Fortitude so deep that fake entries were made in the London Gazette to non exstiant recipiants?

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Hi Ade,

Thats just the ticket!

Oh and the medal I have is to Roderick Macleod DSO MC who commanded the army. It would appear he was an expert with artillery.

Thank you,

Steve.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Adrian I wonder if you ever heard tell that the deception that went along with Operation Fortitude so deep that fake entries were made in the London Gazette to non exstiant recipiants?

Yes, I have heard something about that before. This is a very interesting subject. There have been a few good TV docs which covered Brit 4th Army and FUSAG.

Cheers, Ade.