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DECEPTION IN WARFARE

January 1996


[Table of Contents | General Information | Operational Deception -- Tactical Deception (General) | Camouflage | Decoys | Electronic Deception -- Stealth Concept | World War I -- World War II | Ultra/Enigma, Magic/Purple | Vietnamese Conflict | Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm) -- Other Conflicts | Soviet/Russian Deception]


DECEPTION IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II

CONTENTS


WORLD WAR I


BOOK

Intelligence and Military Operations, edited by Michael I. Handel. London, Frank Cass, 1990. 464 p.
Institutionalized Deception and Perception Reinforcement: Allenby's Campaigns in Palestine, 1917-18, by Yigal Sheffy, pp 173-236.
Book call no.: 355.3432 I61


DOCUMENT

Eddowes, Andrew W. (LCDR, USN). The Haversack Ruse, and British Deception Operations in Palestine During World War I. Newport, RI, Jun 1994. 33 p. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 E21h


PERIODICALS

Copley, J. D. 'Q' Ships (of WWI). Army Quarterly & Defence Journal 121:458-462 Oct '91.

Intelligence Deception. American Intelligence Journal 12:entire issue. Winter '91.
British Deception in America in WWI, by Walter A. Levin, pp 16-18.

Paschall, Rod. Deception for St. Mihiel, 1918. Intelligence and National Security 5:158-175 Jul '90.

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WORLD WAR II


BOOKS

Barros, James and Gregor, James. Double Deception: Stalin, Hitler, and the Invasion of Russia. DeKalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Press, 1995. 307 p.
Book call no.: 940.532247 B277d

Basic Deception and the Normandy Invasion. New York, Garland, 1989. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 940.5485 C873 v.15

Breuer, William B. Hoodwinking Hitler: The Normandy Deception. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1993. 263 p.
Book call no.: 940.54 B846h

Breuer, William B. The Secret War with Germany: Deception, Espionage, and Dirty Tricks 1939-1945. Novato, CA, 1988. 318 p.
Book call no.: 940.5485 B846s

British Intelligence in the Second World War. Volume Four: Security and CounterIntelligence, by F.H. Hinsley and C.A.G. Simkins. New York, Cambridge University, 1990. 408 p.
Counter-Espionage and Deception Operations Overseas to the End of 1942, pp 157-169.
Book call no.: 940.548642 H665b vol.4

Campbell, John P. Dieppe Revisited: A Documentary Investigation. Portland, OR, F. Cass, 1993. 247 p.
Book call no.: 940.5421425 C188d

Cover and Deception by the Royal Air Force in World War II. New York, Garland, 1989. 274 p.
Book call no.: 940.5485 C873 v.18

Covert Warfare: Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Military Deception During the World War II Era, edited by John Mendelsohn. New York, Garland Pubs, 1988. 18 vols.
Includes volume-length reports on such deception topics as: ULTRA, MAGIC, the OSS Jedburgh Teams, Basic Deception and the Normandy Invasion, Cover & Deception by Royal Air Force, etc.
Book call no.: 940.5485 C873

Glantz, David M. Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War. Totowa, NJ, F. Cass, 1989. 644 p.
Book call no.: 940.541247 G545s

Kilzer, Louis C. Churchill's Deception: The Dark Secret That Destroyed Nazi Germany. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1994. 335 p.
Book call no.: 940.548641 K48c

Martin, David. The Web of Disinformation: Churchill's Yugoslav Blunder. San Diego, CA, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. 425 p.
Book call no.: 940.532241 M379w

The Secrets War: The Office of Strategic Services in World War II, edited by George C. Chalou. Washington, National Archives and Records Administration, 1992. 392 p.
Proceedings of a conference sponsored by and held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., July 11-12, 1991.
Book call no.: 940.548673 S446

Strategic and Operational Deception in the Second World War. Totowa, NJ, F. Cass, 1987. 348 p.
Book call no.: 940.541 S898

Warner, Philip. Secret Forces of World War II. Chelsea, MI, Scarborough House, 1991. 245 p.
Book call no.: 940.541241 W283s

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DOCUMENTS

Campbell, Kevin T. (Lt.Col, USA). The Allied Campaign in Western France: Operational Lessons. Newport, RI, May 1993. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Covers Operation Overlord.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 C1881a

Deming, Dennis C. (LtCol). German Deception in the Ardennes: Lessons for the Senior Leader. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Mar 1989. 8 p. (Army War College (U.S.) Study project)
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-83 D381g

Dunn, Michael L. (LCDR, USNR). Deception: An Operational Imperative. Newport, RI, Jun 1995. 25 p. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Discusses Operation Overlord and Operation Fortitude.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 D9232d

Elder, James E. (Maj, USA). The Operational Implications of Deception at the Battle of Kursk. Fort Leavenworth, KS, May 1989. 49 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies. Monograph)
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 E37o

Gann, Timothy D. (LtCol, USAF). Fifth Air Force Light and Medium Bomber Operations During 1942 and 1943: Building the Doctrine and Forces that Triumphed in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea and the Wewak Raid. Maxwell AFB, AL, Nov 1993. 39 p. (Air University (U.S.) School of Advanced Airpower Studies. Student thesis)
Wewak Raid - Deception Plan, p. 25.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1a G198f

Gressang, Randall V. (LtCol, USAF). Strategic Deception: Planning and a Correlation with a Historical Case. Maxwell AFB, AL, May 1986. 33 p. (Air University (U.S.) Air War College. Research report)
Refers to WWII Normandy campaigns.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 G832s

Hazuka, James E. (Maj, USAF). An Operational Analysis of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Newport, RI, Jun 1993. 27 p. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Operational Deception to Achieve Surprise, pp 10-12.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 H431o

Jussel, Paul C. (Maj, USA). Corps Tactical Deception: Who's Fooling Whom? Fort Leavenworth, KS, Sep 1990. 44 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies. Monograph)
Section Three - Historical Examples, p 9-18.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 J96c

Markam, Stephanie A. (LCDR, USN). Intelligence and Surprise: The Battle of Midway. Newport, RI, Jan 1993. 32 p. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 M345i

McClellon, Johnie A. (Maj, USA). Deep Attack by the Light Infantry Division: Can the Intelligence and Electronic Warfare System Support It? Fort Leavenworth, KS, 1987. 85 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Thesis)
Ardennes Counteroffensive and the Son Tay Raid reveal intelligence and electronic warfare system weaknesses. These weaknesses are validated by pitting modern IEW against the German's 1944 deception measures.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 M126d

Meidenbauer, William A. (Maj, USA). The Hollandia Campaign: The Indirect Approach to Operational Maneuver. Newport, RI, Jun 1993. 33 p. (Naval War College (U.S.) Student thesis)
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 M499h

Power, Nathan J. (Maj). Search for Deployment Theory: The German Campaign in Norway April 1940. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Apr 1988. 39 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Student study project.)
Deception, pp 18-19.
Factor of Deployment Theory (Deception), pp 27-29.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 P887s

Reuss, Robert (Col, USA). Surprise and Deception in the Early War Years, 1940-1942. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Apr 1993. 48 p. (Army War College (U.S.) Study project)
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-83 R446s

Ross, Blair A., Jr. (Maj,USA). The Battle of Crete and Implications for Modern Contingency Operations. Fort Leavenworth, KS, 1992. 47 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Monograph)
Tactical and Strategic Surprise, pp 9-10.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 R823b

Starry, Michael D. (Maj, USA). Deception and the Operational Level of War. Fort Leavenworth, KS, May 1987. 54 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Monograph)
Uses Operation Husky (Sicily, July 1943), Operation Wacht-Am-Rhine (Ardennes, December 1944), and Operation Bagration (Belorussia, June 1944) as examples.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 S796d

United States. Army. Center of Military History. Soviet Deception Operations in World War II, by Bruce R. Pirnie (Maj, USA). Washington, Aug 1985. 15 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43594-4

United States Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute. Pastel: Deception in the Invasion of Japan, by Thomas M. Huber. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Dec 1988. 55 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 36500-35

Wright William E. (CDR, USN). Allied FORTITUDE and the Role of Counterintelligence in Operational Deception. Newport, RI, Jun 1991. 64 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 W954a

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PERIODICALS

Austra, Kevin R. (Capt). Battle of the Bulge: The Secret Offensive. Military Intelligence 17:26-33 Jan-Mar '91.

Callahan, Raymond. No Real Surprise Here (Pearl Harbor). Military History 8:8+ Oct '91.

Eldredge, Wentworth (Maj, USAF, Ret). Biggest Hoax of the War: Operation FORTITUDE--The Allied Deception Plan That Fooled the Germans about Normandy. Air Power History 37:15-22 Fall '90.

Eldridge, Justin L. C. The Blarney Stone and the Rhine: 23rd Headquarters, Special Troops and the Rhine River Crossing, March 1945. Intelligence and National Security 7:211-241 Jul '92.

Grabo, Cynthia. Deception in the Normandy Invasion. American Intelligence Journal 8:20-24 Summer '87.

Hoffman, Jon T. (Maj). Legacy and Lessons of Operation Overlord. Marine Corps Gazette 78:68-72 Jun '94.

Intelligence Deception. American Intelligence Journal 12:entire issue. Winter '91
Section II: World War II Deception, pp 21-33.

Jones, Craig S. (Maj, USA). Smoke in Rear Operations--The Anzio Experience. Army Logistician, pp 18-20, Nov-Dec '88.

Koch, James R. (Maj, USA). Operation Fortitude--The Backbone of Deception. Military Review 72:66-77 Mar '92.

McDonald, Lawrence H. OSS (Office of Strategic Services): America's First National Intelligence Agency. Special Warfare 6:24-32 Feb '93.

Stewart, Richard W. Crossing the Rhine and the Irrawaddy. Military Review 69:74-83 Aug '89.

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[Table of Contents | General Information | Operational Deception -- Tactical Deception (General) | Camouflage | Decoys | Electronic Deception -- Stealth Concept | World War I -- World War II | Ultra/Enigma, Magic/Purple | Vietnamese Conflict | Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm) -- Other Conflicts | Soviet/Russian Deception]


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