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United States Army deception formations of World War II

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This notional formation was 'built up' around real units, the 517th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment & the 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion which were depicted as operating under a single command when in fact they were operating separately. Supposedly
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Created for the planning of the invasion of Normandy, the FUSAG later became redundant and was used to mislead Axis that the Allies intended a major invasion at Pas de Calais. Later utilised to threaten airborne landings in September 1944.
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The United States Army created a large number of notional deception formations that were used in a number of World War II deception operations. The most notable fictional US formation was the
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formations) or created afresh. Many were used multiple times, Clarke in particular believed that reusing units in the long term would help establish their existence in the mind of the enemy.
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and 18th Airborne Divisions, starting to arrive in Okinawa on 1 September 1945. On the same day the notional corps headquarters would have been activated.
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on 15 August 1945. Following this glider pilots were to have been depicted as reaching Okinawa around 20 August 1945, followed by the troops of the real
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Originally intended to take the role of the FUSAG, but when the latter's job was taken over by the 12th Army Group the formation became redundant.
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The division was presented to the Germans as a well trained unit that had been formed at Camp Clatsop, Oregon, in 1942. Following training at the
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The notional amphibious component of the Ninth Fleet. Used to convey to the Japanese that the United States planned to attack the
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were to be dropped behind the XXXVII Corps beachheads. In August 1944 it was notionally transferred to the direct command of
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where it was disbanded at the start of 1945, with some soldiers being used as replacements for other units while a small
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The 48th Infantry Division was "created" in 1944 as an 'phantom division'. It formed part of
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region. It was disposed of by announcing in July 1944 that the division had been disbanded.
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arrived in Sicily from the United States in May 1944. It was notionally attached to the
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Patches of the notional 6th, 9th, 18th, 21st & 135th Airborne Divisions
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The division was initially depicted as being under the direct command of
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Military units and formations of the United States Army in World War II
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it was assigned the role of following up the Pas de Calais landings.
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Following Fortitude South II the division was depicted as moving to
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reported that the uncle of one of his agents (An American
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Non-existent US Army units used in deception operations
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before being shipped to England in June 1944, where
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First U.S. Army Group
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12th Army Group
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Pas de Calais
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1st US Army Group (FUSAG)

First Canadian Army
Third US Army
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XXXIII Corps
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