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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An unidentified member of the “Ghost Army” with an inflatable tank used to fool enemy forces in World War II. (National Archives/Wikimedia Commons) For five decades—from his discharge from the U.S.

On March 21, at the U.S. Capitol, a bygone company of American soldiers, most of whom are long dead, will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the country’s highest honors, in appreciation ...

In war, armies march with advanced weapons, artillery, missiles, and trained soldiers. However, during World War II, there was one army whose weapons and soldiers were fake, yet this special army ...

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 ...