Almost, Martes. That IS an inflatable Sherman decoy tank, but you must remember that in 1944, the Allies had numerical superiority in both manpower and equipment.
They were used in Operation Fortitude, the decoy operation designed to make the Germans think that a cross-channel invasion was planned for the Dunkirk area. It kept a lot of forces busy and occupied in that area while the main force came ashore at Normandy. Even after the invasion, the High Command and the mustachioed one still thought that the Normandy invasions were merely a decoy, a feint designed to pull forces away from the Pas de Calais.
So, you get 1/2 a cookie. Sorry.
'NOTHER QUESTION:
The Battle of Hurtgen Forest was particularly nasty but was effectively downgraded because of another battle of equal magnitude to the south. Where? Also, the Germans made very good use of the trees in the forest by doing what with them?
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