That "dirty trick" would have likely been considered rather un british at the time. The very idea of using wooden decoy tanks in southern england and north africa to fool the germans into thinking forces were concentrated there instead of else where was highly frowned upon at first. It was only after the merits of such tactics were proven by victory that they gained real approval. Even the early SAS were seen as being sneaky and ungentlmanly because they avoided front line combat and instead struck the undefended rear of the enemy.
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