Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis (Hardcover)

from acargile

I listened to Secret Soldiers: How the U. S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis because it was on Audiobooksync for summer, 2020. I thought the book sounded intriguing. I'm always hesitant to listen to non-fiction; I do better reading it because it's hard to remember everything, unable ...

from Hedgepeth

An avid reader of WWII history, I was familiar with the use of inflatable dummies in preparation for Overlord. However, I was unaware of the continued use of inflatables or of the other tactics employed by the Allies. The book was not overly technical and was easy to read. The only drawback was t...

from davidpwhelan

Military history is full of amateur theatrics used to trick and confuse an enemy. Paul Janeczko takes a look at an American military unit that became known as "the Ghost Army" whose sole purpose in World War II was distraction and diversion. The unit's theatrics - decoy tanks, spoofed radio traff...

from meacoleman

Secret Soldiers is a well-researched term paper about the US 23rd special troops in WWII. These troops included theater and movie experts who were trained to use inflatables and sound effects to deceive the Nazis into thinking they were a real battalion. It sounds like an interesting topic, if on...

from mysterymax

I know that this book was an ARC, but I was amazed that Candlewick Press would send out an ARC in such condition. Do they no longer have editors? For an ARC reader to give feedback on things that need changing before publication it would require pages of comments. I know it was an uncorrected pro...