Operation Chettyford

During World War II, Operation Chettyford was a tactical deception in support of the 1944 Allied invasion at Anzio. George Patton made a well-publicized visit to units based around Cairo. A number of double agents were used to misinform the Germans that a major invasion of the Balkans was planned.

Allied military deception in World War II
'A' Force
  • Dudley Clarke
  • Victor Jones
  • Jasper Maskelyne
London Controlling Section
  • John Bevan
  • David Strangeways
  • Dennis Wheatley
  • Ronald Wingate
D Division
  • Peter Fleming
Ghost Army
  • Louis Dalton Porter
  • Ellsworth Kelly
  • David Slepian
  • Bill Blass
  • Art Kane
Other
  • R Force
  • Beach Jumpers
  • Double Cross System & Twenty Committee
  • Starfish site
  • John Cecil Masterman
  • Ernest Townsend
Double Agents
  • Joan Pujol Garcia (Garbo)
  • Roman Czerniawski (Brutus)
  • Roger Grosjean (Fido)
  • Günther Schütz (Rainbow)
  • Arthur Owens (Snow)
  • Gösta Caroli (Summer)
  • Wulf Schmidt (Tate)
  • Nathalie Sergueiew (Treasure)
  • Dušan Popov (Tricycle)
  • Werner von Janowski (Watchdog)
  • Eddie Chapman (Zig-Zag)
  • Ewen Montagu
  • Josef Jakobs
  • Mutt and Jeff
Fictional units
Field Armies
  • First United States Army Group
  • Fourth British Army
  • Twelfth British Army
  • Fourteenth United States Army
Corps
  • British XIV Corps
  • British XVI Corps
  • US XXXIII Corps
  • US XXXVII Corps
Divisions
  • US 6th Airborne Division
  • US 9th Airborne Division
  • US 11th Infantry Division
  • US 17th Infantry Division
  • US 21st Airborne Division
  • US 25th Armored Division
  • US 48th Infantry Division
  • US 55th Infantry Division
  • British 58th Infantry Division
  • US 59th Infantry Division
Brigades
  • 1st SAS Brigade
Other
  • British deception formations in World War II
Operations
Operation Bodyguard
  • Operation Fortitude
  • Operation Quicksilver
  • Operation Skye
  • Operation Zeppelin
  • D-Day naval deceptions
  • Operation Titanic
  • Operation Ironside
Other
  • Operation Accumulator
  • Operation Barclay
  • Operation Bertram
  • Operation Boardman
  • Operation Cascade
  • Operation Chettyford
  • Operation Cockade
  • Operation Copperhead
  • Operation Ferdinand
  • Operation Forfar
  • Operation Hardboiled
  • Operation Mincemeat
  • Operation Scherhorn
  • Operation Span

Famous quotes containing the word operation:

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    —Henri Bergson (1859–1941)