• The Ghost Army of World War II (Updated Edition)

  • How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery
  • De: Rick Beyer, Elizabeth Sayles
  • Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte, Rob Reider
  • Duración: 4 h y 31 m
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 calificaciones)

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“A riveting tale told through personal accounts and sketches along the way—ultimately, a story of success against great odds. I enjoyed it enormously.”—Tom Brokaw

The first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives—now updated with new material.

In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—artists, designers, architects, and sound engineers, including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret, and their story was hushed up for decades after the war's end.

Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles’s meticulous research and interviews with many of the soldiers weave a compelling narrative of how an unlikely team carried out amazing battlefield deceptions that saved thousands of American lives and helped open the way for the final drive to Germany. The stunning narrative created between missions also offers a glimpse of life behind the lines during World War II.

This updated edition includes:

  • A new afterword by co-author Rick Beyer
  • The successful campaign to have the unit awarded a Congressional Gold Medal

History and WWII enthusiasts will find The Ghost Army of World War II an essential addition to their library.

©2023 Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles (P)2023 Princeton Architectural Press
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Such great and accomplished men

As with many men of the “greatest generation”, so many of them went on to live amazingly successful lives and careers. What they did in the war, was completely new and novel. I highly recommend the book, I only wish it was a bit longer and the men and unit were honored sooner while more were still alive.

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