Operation Quicksilver: Churchill’s Fake Army | World War Weird | War Stories
For the Normandy landings to succeed in WWII the Allies needed the element of surprise. But with not enough men to stage a decoy landing in the Pas-de-Calais, Churchill and Eisenhower had to invent a whole army, down to the finest details. But would it work…
Also in this episode: The famous Roswell UFO crash of 1947 and the mysterious disappearance of American hero, Glenn Miller.
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00:00 – Start
01:14 – The New Mexico UFO – Roswell Crash
14:22 – Churchill’s Ghost Army
32:10 – The Disappearance Of Glenn Miller