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Keele - 9 month ago

First study of its kind sheds new light on Britain’s ‘forgotten’ World War Two decoy sites

From fake airfields and factories with artificial lighting to create the impression of bustling activity, to purposefully starting large fires that simulated burning towns and cities, a complex deception strategy was used by Britain during World War Two to trick German pilots into bombing open countryside instead of hitting their targets.


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