During World War II, Operation Zeppelin was a deception plan carried out by the Allies designed to depict a potential amphibious landing on Crete, western Greece, or the Romanian Black Sea coast. It was carried out in the time preceding the invasion of Normandy.
Zeppelin was a complement to Operation Bodyguard, and was in support of Operation Overlord and Operation Dragoon.
Zeppelin followed Operation Cascade.
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Allied military deception in World War II
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| 'A' Force |
- Dudley Clarke
- Victor Jones
- Jasper Maskelyne
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| London Controlling Section |
- John Bevan
- David Strangeways
- Dennis Wheatley
- Ronald Wingate
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| D Division |
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| Ghost Army |
- Louis Dalton Porter
- Ellsworth Kelly
- David Slepian
- Bill Blass
- Art Kane
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| Other |
- R Force
- Beach Jumpers
- Double Cross System & Twenty Committee
- Starfish site
- John Cecil Masterman
- Ernest Townsend
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| 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
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| Fictional units |
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Field Armies
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- First United States Army Group
- Fourth British Army
- Twelfth British Army
- Fourteenth United States Army
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Corps
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- British XIV Corps
- British XVI Corps
- US XXXIII Corps
- US XXXVII Corps
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Divisions
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- 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
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Brigades
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Other
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- British deception formations in World War II
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| Operations |
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Operation Bodyguard
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- Operation Fortitude
- Operation Quicksilver
- Operation Skye
- Operation Zeppelin
- D-Day naval deceptions
- Operation Titanic
- Operation Ironside
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Other
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- 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
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