Fooling Hitler

Overview

The incredible true story of how a bunch of writers, artists, set designers, and back room technicians pooled their talents in order to outwit the German High Command and fool Hitler. Espionage, counterespionage, decoy airfields, inflatable tanks, guns, and soldiers are all deployed in the run up to D-Day to create a massive diversion and the strongest possible indication that the landings will be in Calais rather than Normandy. A whole invisible army is conjured up: FUSAG, the First US Army Group. Major General Patton is placed in charge of this army, such is its importance he is detained in Britain for several weeks after the Normandy landings in order to successfully convince Hitler that a second and larger set of landings will be staged in Calais.

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Cast

Jason Durr

Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways

Howard Attfield

Colonel Turner

Grant Burgin

Sergeant Granger

Dorian Healy

Major Barkus

Coral Beed

Lady Elizabeth Clemens

Peter Pacey

Dennis Wheatley

Nigel Williams

Brigadier Boyson

Roger Barclay

Major T.A. Robertson

Peter Wickham

General Mansfield

Matt Canavan

Private Williams