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 Operation Galveston
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Named for one of Dudley Clarke's code names, Op. Galveston is my project to significantly expand the coverage of Military Deception, mostly Allied deception during World War 2. Much of the information relating to this topic was classified to the 1970s, and so source material has been very slow to emerge.

In mid 2012 most of the content was at start class, as of December 2012 1 featured and 1 good article has been added, along with a large number of new and greatly expanded articles. I achieved around 50% of my 2012 targets, so renewed my aims for 2013. That year didn't work out quite a well - but in 2015 I found some new inspiration which has led to several new articles of Featured, A and GA standard. My current goals are to hit 75 "achievements" as listed below, with an overall aim of achieving Operation Bodyguard as a good topic. I've totally nailed the Good and Featured Article goal (to hit a good topic I'll need another 5 Good Articles... so 160% of the goal - such a well planned goal right?). DYK and images are lookjng to be a stretch...

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Ops (B)
List of Ops (B) staff
Noel Wild
Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh
Operation Cockade

Operation Bodyguard
D-Day naval deceptions
Operation Ironside
Operation Copperhead
Operation Graffham
Operation Zeppelin
Operation Royal Flush
Operation Ferdinand
Operation Titanic
Operation Fortitude

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  • checkY Cave Brown, Anthony (1975). Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary True Story Behind D-Day.

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  • checkY Crowdy, Terry (23 September 2008). Deceiving Hitler: double cross and deception in World War II. Osprey Publishing. pp. 352 pages. ISBN 1-84603-135-4.
  • checkY Holt, Thaddeus (25 May 2004). The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. Scribner. p. 1168. ISBN 0743250427.
  • checkY Howard, Michael (26 October 1990). British Intelligence in the Second World War: Strategic Deception. Cambridge University Press. p. 266. ISBN 0521401453. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • checkY Latimer, John (2001). Deception in War. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 978-1-58567-381-0.
  • checkY Rankin, Nicholas (October 2009). A Genius for Deception; How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars. p. 480. ISBN 9780195387049.

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  • Ambrose, Stephen E. (1981). "Eisenhower, the Intelligence Community, and the D-Day Invasion". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 64 (4). Wisconsin Historical Society: pp. 261–277. ISSN 0043-6534. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  • Sexton, Donal J. (1983). "Phantoms of the North: British Deceptions in Scandinavia, 1941–1944". Military Affairs. 47 (3). Society for Military History: pp. 109–114. ISSN 0026-3931. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)

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  1. ^ Dudley Clarke, Operation Hardboiled, D-Day naval deceptions, Operation Copperhead, Operation Ironside
  2. ^ Dudley Clarke, 1st SAS Brigade, Operation Bertram (User:Chiswick Chap), D-Day naval deceptions, Operation Hardboiled, Operation Copperhead, Operation Graffham, Operation Ironside, Bodyguard of Lies, List of Ops (B) staff, Operation Zeppelin (deception plan), Operation Royal Flush, Operation Ferdinand
  3. ^ Dudley Clarke, Victor Jones (colonel), 1st SAS Brigade, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War, Operation Bertram (User:Chiswick Chap), Noel Wild, Ops (B), List of Ops (B) staff, Operation Copperhead, Operation Graffham, Operation Ironside, Johnny Jebsen. Operation Zeppelin (deception plan), Operation Royal Flush, Operation Ferdinand
  4. ^ Dudley Clarke, Victor Jones (colonel), 1st SAS Brigade, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War, D-Day naval deceptions, Starfish site, John Bevan (British Army officer), Operation Bertram, Ops (B), Noel Wild, List of Ops (B) staff, Operation Hardboiled, Operation Copperhead, Operation Graffham, File:Map of Operation Bodyguard subordinate plans.png, Operation Ironside, Johnny Jebsen, Operation Zeppelin (deception plan), Advanced Headquarters 'A' Force, Operation Royal Flush, Operation Ferdinand
  5. ^ File:Johnny Jebsen.png, File:Books on WW2 military deception.jpg, File:Map of Operation Bodyguard subordinate plans.png, File:Dudley Clarke.jpg, [[:File:Operation Bodyguard Memorandum.jpg], File:Lt._Clifton_James.jpg