How 'Ghost Army' helped foil the Nazis:

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Amazing pictures show inflatable tanks and huge speakers playing audio of non-existent machinery that fooled Germany into thinking 30,000 troops were massing on front line

During the Second World War the Allies employed dozens of tricks to confuse, mislead and intimidate the enemy. One such example was the Ghost Army - a team of 1,100 artists and illustrators whose job was to fool the Nazis into believing U.S. Army units were operating in areas they were not, or to trick them into thinking massive Allied forces were gathering nearby. To do this, they used a range of creative techniques, including inflatable tanks (pictured top and bottom right) and the broadcasting of audio (right) designed to give the impression forces of up to 30,000 troops were massing near the frontline.