USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The aim of the deception was to reinforce the belief among those in the German high command that the main Allied landings would be in the Pas-de-Calais, across the Strait of Dover – not where they would really be, in Normandy.

Detailed explanation-2: -In May 1944, the Western Allies were finally prepared to deliver their greatest blow of the war, the long-delayed, cross-channel invasion of northern France, code-named Overlord. Primary Image: Soldiers coming ashore at Normandy on D-Day.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a crucial part of their preparations for D-Day, the Allies developed a deception plan to draw attention away from Normandy. The D-Day deception plan was codenamed Operation ‘Fortitude’ and was part of a larger overall deception strategy – Operation ‘Bodyguard’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fortitude North was so successful that by late spring 1944, Hitler had positioned 13 army divisions in Norway. In the early spring of 1944, British commandos attacked targets in Norway to simulate preparations for invasion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.