How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery /
Rick Beyer & Elizabeth Sayles.
First edtion.
253 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-243) and index.
A cultural history/visual culture book featuring the story, photos, ephemera, and art of The Ghost Army, a World War II deception unit, which used inflatable tanks and other illusions to mislead the Germans on the battlefields of Europe. The Army recruited artists to create these illusions; in private moments, they painted and sketched their way across Europe, creating a unique visual record of the war.
United States.
Disinformation-- United States-- History.
World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945-- Deception-- United States.
World War, 1939-1945-- Regimental histories-- United States.