Fooling Hitler
The incredible true story of how a bunch of writers, artists, set designers, and back room technicians pooled their talents in order to outwit the German High Command and fool Hitler. Espionage, counterespionage, decoy airfields, inflatable tanks, guns, and soldiers are all deployed in the run up to D-Day to create a massive diversion and the strongest possible indication that the landings will be in Calais rather than Normandy. A whole invisible army is conjured up: FUSAG, the First US Army Group. Major General Patton is placed in charge of this army, such is its importance he is detained in Britain for several weeks after the Normandy landings in order to successfully convince Hitler that a second and larger set of landings will be staged in Calais.
Cast
Jason Durr
Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways
Howard Attfield
Colonel Turner
Grant Burgin
Sergeant Granger
Dorian Healy
Major Barkus
Coral Beed
Lady Elizabeth Clemens
Peter Pacey
Dennis Wheatley
Nigel Williams
Brigadier Boyson
Roger Barclay
Major T.A. Robertson
Peter Wickham
General Mansfield
Matt Canavan
Private Williams
Kieron Jecchinis
Vicar
Jeff Harding
General Stimson
Richard Lintern
Colonel Bevan
Richard Wills-Cotton
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Daniel Hart
Corporal Collins
Storyline
The incredible true story of how a bunch of writers, artists, set designers, and back room technicians pooled their talents in order to outwit the German High Command and fool Hitler. Espionage, counterespionage, decoy airfields, inflatable tanks, guns, and soldiers are all deployed in the run up to D-Day to create a massive diversion and the strongest possible indication that the landings will be in Calais rather than Normandy. A whole invisible army is conjured up: FUSAG, the First US Army Group. Major General Patton is placed in charge of this army, such is its importance he is detained in Britain for several weeks after the Normandy landings in order to successfully convince Hitler that a second and larger set of landings will be staged in Calais.
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