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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

Fusag

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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