Fooling Hitler (2004)
Overview
The incredible true story of how a bunch of writers, artists, set designers, and back room technicians pooled their talents in order to outwit the German High Command and fool Hitler. Espionage, counterespionage, decoy airfields, inflatable tanks, guns, and soldiers are all deployed in the run up to D-Day to create a massive diversion and the strongest possible indication that the landings will be in Calais rather than Normandy. A whole invisible army is conjured up: FUSAG, the First US Army Group. Major General Patton is placed in charge of this army, such is its importance he is detained in Britain for several weeks after the Normandy landings in order to successfully convince Hitler that a second and larger set of landings will be staged in Calais.
What is Fooling Hitler about?
The incredible true story of how a bunch of writers, artists, set designers, and back room technicians pooled their talents in order to outwit the German High Command and fool Hitler. Espionage, counterespionage, decoy airfields, inflatable tanks, guns, and soldiers are all deployed in the run up to D-Day to create a massive diversion and the strongest possible indication that the landings will be in Calais rather than Normandy. A whole invisible army is conjured up: FUSAG, the First US Army Group. Major General Patton is placed in charge of this army, such is its importance he is detained in Britain for several weeks after the Normandy landings in order to successfully convince Hitler that a second and larger set of landings will be staged in Calais. Fooling Hitler is a History, War, Drama, TV Movie movie, released on 2004-10-24, runtime 90 minutes.
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Directed by
Philip Smith
Cast
- Jason Durr as Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways
- Howard Attfield as Colonel Turner
- Grant Burgin as Sergeant Granger
- Dorian Healy as Major Barkus
- Coral Beed as Lady Elizabeth Clemens
- Peter Pacey as Dennis Wheatley
- Nigel Williams as Brigadier Boyson
- Roger Barclay as Major T.A. Robertson
- Peter Wickham as General Mansfield
- Matt Canavan as Private Williams
- Kieron Jecchinis as Vicar
- Jeff Harding as General Stimson
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