Fooling Hitler
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.
Cast
Jason Durr
as Lieutenant Colonel Strangeways
Howard Attfield
as Colonel Turner
Grant Burgin
as Sergeant Granger
Dorian Healy
as Major Barkus
Coral Beed
as Lady Elizabeth Clemens
Peter Pacey
as Dennis Wheatley
Nigel Williams
as Brigadier Boyson
Roger Barclay
as Major T.A. Robertson
Peter Wickham
as General Mansfield
Matt Canavan
as Private Williams
