Of all the exhibits that James Linn IV has curated during his six years at The National WWII Museum, the latest, he said, is by far the most bizarre. For starters, he said, there’s the reason for the ...

Dummy M4 Sherman tank of the type used by the Ghost Army. It weighed 93 pounds fully inflated. Courtesy of the National Archives/Princeton Architectural Press Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers ...

NEW ORLEANS — They were masters of deception. During World War II, the Ghost Army carried out the dangerous and rather unique mission of deceiving the enemy. Using props, fake radio transmissions and ...

Historically, wars have been witness to all kinds of deception. Seeding bad information, tactical concealment, false maneuvers, false demonstrations, and more. One of the most famous is the proverbial ...

Their tactics, including sound effects and fake radio traffic, misled the German forces. World War II servicemen who used inflatable tanks and Hollywood-style special effects to deceive the Nazis have ...

Winston Churchill once told Joseph Stalin “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies”. During World War II, the power of these bodyguards, in the form ...

Washington — Members of the Ghost Army, a top-secret military unit credited with saving thousands of Americans during World War II using distraction techniques, received Congressional Gold Medals on ...

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The Ghost Army’s greatest and final trick was to mimic two Ninth Army divisions – a 40,000-man force – set to make the difficult crossing of the Rhine in March 1945. They inflated 200 decoy trucks and ...

Veterans Day calls on us to remember all those who have served our country in the armed services. For those with family who have served, the call is personal. Growing up in the 1950s, I knew my father ...