Secret soldiers : how the U.S. Twenty-third Special Troops fooled the Nazis
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Arcade Free Library - Teen Nonfiction
YA 940.54 JANEC
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YA 940.54 JANEC
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Wadsworth Library - Geneseo - Adult Nonfiction
YA 940.54 JAN
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YA 940.54 JAN
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Arcade Free Library - Teen Nonfiction | YA 940.54 JANEC | Available |
Wadsworth Library - Geneseo - Adult Nonfiction | YA 940.54 JAN | Available |
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Book
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations, maps, ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In his third book about deception during war, Paul B. Janeczko focuses his lens on World War II and the operations carried out by the Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops, aka the Ghost Army. This remarkable unit included actors, camouflage experts, sound engineers, painters, and set designers who used their skills to secretly and systematically replace fighting units -- fooling the Nazi army into believing what their eyes and ears told them, even though the sights and sounds of tanks and war machines and troops were entirely fabricated. Follow the Twenty-Third into Europe as they play a dangerous game of enticing the German army into making battlefield mistakes by using sonic deceptions, inflatable tanks, pyrotechnics, and camouflage in more than twenty operations. From the Normandy invasion to the crossing of the Rhine River, the men of the Ghost Army -- several of whom went on to become famous artists and designers after the war -- played an improbable role in the Allied victory."-- publisher's description.
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The Ghost Army is born -- Recruitment and training -- Shipping out...and more waiting -- The Twenty-Third gets into action -- The first big test -- A trio of deceptions -- A deadly winter -- After the Battle of the Bulge -- The final deception.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Janeczko, P. B. (2019). Secret soldiers: how the U.S. Twenty-third Special Troops fooled the Nazis . Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Janeczko, Paul B. 2019. Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Janeczko, Paul B. Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Janeczko, Paul B. Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis Candlewick Press, 2019.
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