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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
Invasion of Normandy
12th Army Group
Operation Fortitude South
Pas de Calais
battalion
field army
double agents
World War I
1st US Army Group (FUSAG)

First Canadian Army
Third US Army
Ninth US Army
Fourteenth US Army
British Fourth Army
First Allied Airborne Army
Fortitude South
SHAEF
Fourteenth Army

XXXIII Corps
XXXVII Corps
9th Airborne Division

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