Watch: How the creative deceptions of the Ghost Army helped win WWII

Artists like Ellsworth Kelly were part of the unit but kept the secret for decades

Inflatable tanks, fake radio broadcasts, and actors impersonating generals were all part of an arsenal of brilliant tricks used by a top-secret WWII army unit called The Ghost Army. The unit was successful enough to save ten of thousands of Allied Army lives, but everything they did was kept a secret for decades after the war.

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