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Dropping a wooden bomb after their completion had been done is good old sarcastic British humour . This made me 😂

Dropping fake bombs on a fake base would be demoralizing to those who created the fake base. It is no different than calling out a friend playing hide and seek.

"Who needs steel when you have rubber" -ghost army soldiers, 1944

The British: You may have outsmart me but I outsmart your outsmart

Using decoy bombs to tell the Nazis that the fake airfield had been noticed would reduce the chance that the Nazis would build decoys in future, and so reduce the odds that a decoy might be missed in future and bombed legitimately. That's not necessarily what happened, but it would give a legitimate reason for the tactic.

I didn't know about the ghost army, what a fantastic story, i almost cry. I can't imagine how things would be today if we didn't have all these heroes. ❤️

Germany made fake wooden aircraft: De Havilland Mosquito, "Hold my bomb."

I can’t believe they gave each other wood.

The Ghost Army consisted of a carefully selected group of artists, engineers, professional soldiers and draftees, including fashion designer Bill Blass, painter Ellsworth Kelly and photographer Art Kane. Many West Point graduates and former Army Specialized Training Program participants were assigned to the 23rd, and it was said to have one of the highest collective IQs in the Army.

24:31 how my dad explains my grandpa used to go to school:

The concept of deception is not often explored enough in WWII not by the Allies or the Axis forces. We really should be seeing more video's on what both sides did to fool their enemies.

Belgium actually still makes inflatable tanks, and russia has been reported to have bombed quite a few of them

I wish there was a high budget series covering all the major events of WW2. Not a documentary but with actors and CGI and what not. Like Game of Thrones format except WW2

I think the Ghost Army needs a movie

Love the Ghost Army segment ❤

This was really interesting. I knew of fake tanks etc. Didn't know of that ghost army and it was a proper division. Pretty cool

Absolutely love you guys at TIS, keep up the great work!

Good stuff

Best ever video you created!

The British had a HUGE sense of humour in the midst of WW2 - In North Africa, the Germans could not figure out where the RAF Radio Station - Call Sign "Hemorrhage" was. The Germans were confused and they never figured out where it was so they could attack it. Typical British humour - it was located in Blida, in Algeria.

Actually, Ukraine has used decoy HIMARS...

It seems like Russia is employing similar tactics to these in Ukraine, I see a lot of Russian Tanks getting blown up is what I am saying.

Ghost Army saved a lot of live on both sides, if you think about it.

THE GHOST ARMY IS LITERALLY THEM! I LOVE IT!

"Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment, that which they cannot anticipate." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Finally early just want to say me and my dog love your vids

6:05 "french coast", indicator pops up on northern spain lol

Those brit chaps are 👌in my book 😂

from the 9-20 minute mark of the video seemed to be an old video while the rest seems modern.

"This helped the Allied forces to capture key points on the French coast" *points at Spain*

Love you❤

I love this so much. You can weaponize literally any skill or profession if your life depends on it!

39th still in the top 40

6:05 That is not the French Coast. That is Spain.

You can say what you want about the allied forces but they had a lot of heart and courage, Blessed Be.

What is a little bit funny is that the animation for this is exactly like the SCP animation.

holy f*ck a decoy airfield?!?

British bombers proceeds to show American B-17s 😂😂😂

The airfield migth be fake, but the AA defences around them are very real.

The scissors sound effect at 0:56 is the M9 Bayonet equip sound from CS:GO

Anyone else notice this is like 3 entirely seprate videos all in one?

I wonder if Churchill gave the specific order to drop wooden bombs as a chuckle ?

"Bro, it's a prank, it's a prank!"

Anyone else see the part where they reused an old video.

I actually posted this in my class board , everyone loved it

6:04 “French coast” 👌

First. Anyway hi I love your channel.

I remember watching a History Channel Documentary that talked about the Ghost Division. And in one story that really stuck out was when a French civilian saw US Soldiers lifting and moving a tank by carrying it over their heads. When that French civilian told what they saw to German soldiers those soldiers believed that the American Soldiers were far stronger if they were able to easily lift and move a tank that weighs hundreds of tons of steel over their heads with ease.

The Ghost Army must have studied method acting, essentially getting inside the heads of the subject of whom their elaborate ploy would be built around, and then "getting inside their skin." Sheer genius, honestly.

Man, i thought i had multiple dejavu while watching. It's like when there's a word count on an essay so i repeat a phrase over and over and slightly changing how i phrase it every time.

Around minute 13, it says “commensurate actors.” This is pretty awkward usage. I think you meant “consummate actors.”

The soldiers with the radio in the TD bit ss

20:00 There was an amazing movie made about this one.

40 min😱 this must be the longest infographics upload 🇺🇸🦅

The years after the war had a bunch of the kids from that program unable to find their parents. Since a lot of the records were destroyed during the war. So was very sad for the kids since they had nothing to do with that government.

FSSF is a force to be reckoned with.

*we do a little thing called "trolling"*

imagine seeing a bomber and realizing it was wooden bombs lol

You forgot that as the soldiers scaled the cliff, if a soldier fell off the cliffs they did not scream .

"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

RAF up to some tomfoolery

Wow

Hurricane fighter is mostly made of wood.

This was probably great for morale. Imagine the much-needed humor that comes from humiliating the enemy.

the Ghost Army is just theater PvP

is that a repost of ur video 1 year ago?

Shoutout to all my Ruperts

The Soviet Air Force chief of staff in WW2 was Armenian air marshal Sergei Khudyakov He participated in the Yalta Conference 1945, standing behind Stalin

They should make a movie about the ghost army

Better message- "we thought you guys could use this"

wow

There were more than 5 nationalities involved in the the D-day landings. The primary forces were American British and Canadian, but there were also the free armies of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark and soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, and Rhodesia. The Americans had the hardest time assaulting omaha beach, but plenty of other allied soldiers died during the invasion of France that don't get the respect and credit, because we only really see the perspective of American made movies.

I wonder who said” Hey we could fly into them “

Pls do more videos on the Northern Ireland troubles. Its a very interesting topic and i think youve only mentioned it once

Theu should of circled back around when the soldiers left their cover and dropped real bombs

Take a shot every time he says wooden bombs challenge (I have liver failure now)

6:05 its the spanish coast being shown, not the french!

Good way to train

My favorite story from WWII on deception was when the allied forces fearing a strategic city was going to get bombed heavily hired a magician to recreate a full-blown City several miles ahead of where the actual city was. This fooling the German bombers and making them bomb a fake city at night.

I don't find anything about the history of WWII or any other for that matter, making me laugh.

The average bomb didn’t land within 8 miles, something like 20% got within 8 miles

Bit funny, innit? -random British RAF higher-up

Some things command lets happen for troop moral.

We do a little trolling 😂

Wooden bombs lol

Decoys are not obsolete at all, they're being used in Ukraine right now, both wooden ones (for HIMARS) or decoy missiles which have improved massively by being able to give off the radar signature of certain planes or missiles. Those are used with the storm shadow missile to reduce the risk of a successful AA intercept.

1:30 Well, the English built real airplanes out of wood. Planes like the Mosquito.

32:07 "ertificate"

Ultimate Trolling

The FssF was trained in Colorado.

"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

You can indeed breed a better human

Singer from the Swedish 70s pop groop ABBA Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad's mother was involved in the Lebensborn programme in Norway,

Finally a video not about the ukraine war

i want 1000 days of nuclear war

Guys, do you see the bomb? 0:01

“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill

I doubt they were embarrassed

A classic example of trolling.