The Army that Never Was. D Day and the Great Deception
Event Type: Branch
Takes Place: 20th March 2025
Time: 20:00
Venue: Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way, London NW11 6YD
Description: The Army that Never Was: D-Day and the Great Deception will tell the remarkable story of the various Deception campaigns around the D-Day invasion eighty years ago. It is packed with the stories of larger than life individuals inventing and carrying out extraordinary ploys to fool the enemy into thinking that Normandy was just a sideshow and the real invasion was coming across the Channel at the Pas de Calais. Central to this Deception was the invention of a completely hoax army led by General Patton in Kent and East Anglia and the creation of hundreds of dummy landing craft, tanks and aircraft to convince the Germans it was real. New research reveals a hidden link with the cinema industry here. This is the almost unbelievable story of what went on behind the scenes of the dramatic D-Day landings. Sometimes fact is more extraordinary than fiction.
How to book: Just turn up
Price: £5
Tel: 07818063594
Email: mandycaller@googlemail.com
Organiser: Mandy Caller
Lecturer: Taylor Downing
Comments: Taylor Downing is a historian, broadcaster and best selling author. Over many years he produced more than 300 historical documentaries for British and American television. For the last decade he has been writing popular history books including Cold War (w
Region: London
Branch: Hampstead and North West London