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The fake army that worked (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 hours ago by Grumpus_Maximus to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

Putting a real general in charge of it probably helped too.

[-] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 22 points 6 hours ago

There’s an urban legend where the Krauts were building a fake military base using wood and canvas and the allies waited for them to finish it and drop a single wooden bomb on it.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 hours ago

whether or not that's real, that's hysterical

[-] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Even if I were a german soldier in that situation I'd laugh my ass off.

this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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