FUSAG “First United States Army Group.” The fake U.S.. Army formation that lay at the heart of the successful deception operation code named FORTITUDE South, deployed to conceal real pr
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See armor; Bradley, Omar; D-Day (June 6, 1944)
FUSAG “First United States Army Group.” The fake U.S Army formation that
lay at the heart of the successful deception operation code named FORTITUDE South, deployed to conceal real preparations for operation OVERLORD The huge success
of this deception arose partly from the fact that General George S Patton was iden-tifi ed by German double agents as the FUSAG commander Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was among the few who were suspicious, noting that Luftwaffe
recon-naissance over the FUSAG assembly areas was easy but that dense resistance was encountered over other areas of southern England The latter turned out to be the
true OVERLORD zones, where sausages were stuffed with men, guns, tanks, and
war matériel for the invasion of Europe