Deception tactics and camouflage techniques of World War IIto presentOutline• The reason for conductingoperations• History of camouflage • WWII• Present day• Summary• Conclusion4WHAT IS DECEPTION ?• A deceptive operation embodies all signsof a real assault • It makes the enemy believe that pretendhostile activities are genuine • Induces a false sense of danger in onearea 5METAPHORDeception is like a good chess game6WHY BOTHER• Why use deception techniques ?•Any edge, however sight, can provedeadly in time of war, where split seconddecisions or hesitation can be thedifference between life and death• Camouflaging tactics were taken seriouslybecause they worked part of the time 7TACTICAL DECEPTIONTACTICAL DECEPTION8Camouflage comes from theFrench word camoufler meaning"to blind or veil."HISTORY12Dazzle paint schemes were employed in both world wars to confuse and obfuscate range, scale and type estimates by enemy submariners peering through periscopes.13World War II14Aerial view of Lydda airfieldWorld War II15Lydda airfield after camouflageWorld War IICan you spot the 38 aircraft?16Early World War IIA dummy Spitfire: key aspect wasto throw a realistic looking shadow17World War II – Libyan DesertA lifelike Tomahawk fighter18Forres Aerodrome in Scotland19Decoy Refinery Fire20An oil fire, fed by storage tanks Outside actual refinery in CoventryCamouflaged Airplane HangarA hangar big enough to house two aircraft21Inflatable DecoysDummy landing-craft “Big Bobs”22Decoys to match signals deceptionsSherman tank silkscreen print laid over a ramework23Mobile Frame on Jeep24InflatablesInflatable 3-ton truck25Q SITENear Formby at Downholland Moss26Present DayPresent Day27Present DayPresent DaySwedish camouflage28SUMMARY• Deception needs to be part of the plan• It must appear believable• Deception is part of every level; visual, SigInt, ElInt, ComINT• Drawing attention can get you killed29ConclusionDeception in war is the art of misleadingDeception in war is the art of misleadingthe enemy into doing something, or notthe enemy into doing something, or notdoing something, so that his strategicdoing something, so that his strategicor tactical position will be weakened.. or tactical position will be weakened.. Deception in WWIIDeception in WWII30• Deception in WWII, Charles Cruickshank• Various on-line
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