What Was the Ghost Army?

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In March 1945, a vast army of American tanks, trucks, and troop carriers staged on the edge of the Rhine. As the Americans conspicuously arranged their vehicles and equipment along the last major geographical obstacle between the Allied advance and Berlin, the German defenders took notice. They scrambled to rearrange their defenses and engaged the fleet of tanks before them. But the army of American vehicles they were shooting at didn’t actually exist. What the Germans saw was a formation of inflatable tanks and trucks - a “Ghost Army.”
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@Caffeinated-Veterinarian Год назад

These are the most interesting educational videos of the military unknown side to the public.

@esilva8349 Год назад

There are some WWII documentaries on Netflix that also show some things not widely known. One of them does talk briefly about these "ghost" units. I feel like every WWII film you always learn something new. Inflatable decoys, dropping fake mini paratrooper figures out of a plane to think an invasion was coming from another direction, German army all on drugs, Hitler's love of art and collecting all the art from every envaded country trying to build his own art museum, stories of cease fires in the trenches to celebrate Christmas, Americans with German ties actually went to Germany to fight alongside them, and more. To this day, there is so much to learn about WWII.

@sandy9064 11 месяцев назад

I've seen documentaries on this group before. We have one and a book or two in my local library about them. The documentary was great. It interviewed surviving members and showed the artwork they did as they made their way through Europe. They had some great stories, like the man who tried to return a movie they borrowed from a town. When they tried to get in, they were blocked and told to turn around and get out quickly. The town, Bastogne, was about to be surrounded.

@annagambill8659 11 месяцев назад

What’s the name of the documentary my grandpa was in that group

@sandy9064 11 месяцев назад

@@annagambill8659 It's called The Ghost Army. And was put out by PBS in 2013.

@smartcookie493 3 месяца назад

@annagambill8659 so was mine John Francis Settar

@sandy9064 3 месяца назад

@@annagambill8659 it's called The Ghost Army and it's a PBS documentary from 2013. Looks like it's on sale at the PBS website as we speak

@jsl151850b 5 месяцев назад

"What did you do in the war?" *"I blew up tanks."* {Attributed to a Ghost Army soldier keeping his secret.}

@sukorileakbatt294 3 месяца назад

underrated

@aileneeplan-stein8453 6 месяцев назад

My father was part of the Ghost Army, never ever talked about.any of it, even tho it was declassified after 50 years. Family found out by accident. I asked him what he did in europe while he was sooo sick. He passed keeping his oath not to talk about it Xo dad

@VideoClam Год назад

Excellent video. I did a report on these guys in 7th grade! (2002)

@gla9919 Год назад

Wow! A truly interesting and educational video about a subject that makes one wonder why it was kept a secret for so long! It was out-of-the-box thinking that saved lives!