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Old 10-11-10, 09:37 AM   #11
Weiss Pinguin
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Originally Posted by Flaxpants View Post
Was pleasantly surprised to see this thread as I am currently knitting my own full size aircraft carrier.

The British used this tactic in WWII, blow-up tanks etc.. even going so far as to setup dummy airstrip lights across the UK to confuse the german bombers. IIRC there was also an entire dummy landing flotilla used in the D-day landings.
And after the landings there was the ghost army

Amazing what you can do with some balloons
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