Operation Bodyguard - List of Operations

List of Operations

Whilst Bodyguard was the overall deception strategy for the Allied invasion, under Operation Overlord, the implementation took the form of many sub-operations.

  • Operation Fortitude (North and South)
    Operation Quicksilver I – VI (South) and Operation Skye (North)
    Operation Ironside
    Operation Titanic (I – IV)
    Naval Deceptions: Operations Taxable, Glimmer and Big Drum
    Operation Paradise (One – Five)
  • Operation Zeppelin
  • Operation Glimmer
  • Operation Royal Flush
  • Operation Vendetta
  • Operation Graffham

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