Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.

History & Warfare

The Allies are winning the war, but both sides continue to use masterful deceptions to confuse and trick the other; the immediate postwar years see the US and Soviet Union begin a deadly game of espionage in the race for atomic supremacy.

Deception: World War II

The Final Days of the War

Radios and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army uses sound effects to deceive enemy forces; the Allies deploy one of the most famous double agents of the war.

The Fog of War

By 1942, deception has become extremely sophisticated; American arms factories are disguised as towns while double agents manipulate the enemy; the most cunning operation uses a deceased homeless man to trick the entire Nazi leadership.

Spinning Webs

The early years of the war see deception in its infancy: code breaking, glamorous spies, fake bombing sites, and even inflatable tanks; World War II begins with a deadly deception inside a Polish radio station.

The Inception of Deception

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An exploration of how subterfuge and covert operations were used during the Second World War, including the propaganda campaigns, acts of espionage, and the creation of fictional armies.

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