How the allies tricked the Nazis with inflatable tanks, sound effects, fake officers and terrible camouflage. may 2015

Ghost Army members walked into French taverns wearing counterfeit arm patches from other divisions. They'd talk loudly about fictitious exploits, figuring the lies would find their way back to the Nazis by way of local spies. Fred Fox, who'd produced baby food radio commercials during peacetime, championed these charades … he believed in more showmanship and less military. If you impersonate an infantry division, then you need someone posing as a general roaring up to the fake command post in a jeep. You're not supposed to impersonate high-ranking officers in the army, but Fox persuaded his superiors to go along with it.