Ghost Army of WWII: Secret War Tour

The Ghost Army of WWII: Secret War Tour tells the story of the unsung WWII heroes of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company Special, known as “the Ghost Army.” These deception troops saved thousands of lives and helped win the war, but their efforts were kept secret for fifty years.

This “traveling road show of deception” used inflatable tanks, sound effects and illusion to fool the Germans more than 20 times from Normandy to the Rhine. U.S. Army analysis categorized the Ghost Army’s exploits this way: “Rarely, if ever, has there been a group of such a few men which had so great an influence on the outcome of a major military campaign.”

We begin in England where the top secret unit trained and travel on to Normandy, Brittany, Belgium and Luxembourg to study the key deception operations that were a pivotal part of the Allied victory.

The historian for this tour is Rick Beyer, who produced and directed the award-winning PBS documentary The Ghost Army, and co-wrote (with Liz Sayles) The Ghost Army of World War II. He has done extensive research on the unit, visited the battlefields of Europe many times, and with his wife Marilyn, has led this tour since 2014. Beyer founded the Ghost Army Legacy Project, and is currently working as an advisor on a feature film based on his book that is being developed by the producers of American Sniper.

Watch Rick’s webinar, The Ghost Army: Holding Patton’s Line with Inflatable Tanks>>

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