Looking in the Wrong Direction: Time To Wake Up!

Canada Free Press ^ | 03/20/21 | Ray DiLorenzo

[Sean_Anthony]

Deception in any war or battle is one of the greatest tools of any military commander.

One of the keys to Japan’s success in the Pearl Harbor attack was convincing the American government that they had not changed their strategy of a defensive posture, a very Sun Tzu tactic. When the Japanese did attack Pearl Harbor, the Japanese carriers arrived from the Northwest, while our forces were looking to the Southwest. When the newly operational radar station at Opana Point in Oahu detected a large group of planes arriving from the Northwest, an officer decided it was a squadron of B-17s due to arrive from San Francisco, 2,000 miles to the Northeast. A little geography knowledge would have served him well.

[Dilbert San Diego]

If I recall correctly, didn’t the Nazis think the Normandy invasion would happen somewhere else along the coast of France? Indeed, surprising the enemy is part of the success of military battles and campaigns.

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[blueunicorn6]

The Chinese know that the Democrats only know how to fight Republicans.

[White Lives Matter]

Patton’s third army was used as a decoy to throw the Nazi’s off from the real invasion location.

[Rurudyne]

Actually, the ChiComs know they can buy the Democrats. Often for a relative pittance. They’ve been able to buy them since at least the Clinton Administration.

[nascarnation]

The Nazis were most worried about Patton after seeing him operate in N. Africa and Italy.
So Ike held Patton back, and issued a lot of disinformation that Patton was going to attack elsewhere, and the Nazis had to hold a lot of troops back respecting that possibility.

[jmacusa]

Patton wasn't in command of the Third Army prior to the D-Day landings. In actuality Patton was in the penalty box for the soldier slapping incidents in Italy the year before and the fact he just couldn't keep his big mouth shut about how the war should be fought and his very public feuds with British General Montgomery. He was however used as a decoy in charge of the phantom "First Army Group'' to give the impression that he would lead the invasion. This whole elaborate set up was undertaken because the German High Command regarded Patton as a serious threat. He was a fighter and they knew it.

[jmacusa]

Yes. They thought it was going to come at the Pas de Calais.