The 'Ghost Army' veterans who fooled the Nazis in WW2 - BBC News

Members of the secretive military unit, which once used inflatable vehicles as a ruse, were honoured by Congress.

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CloseA secretive US Army unit was honoured on Thursday, 80 years after their special effects saved tens of thousands of lives during World War Two. The group received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honour from the US Congress.

The BBC spoke to surviving veterans and their families to hear how these artists contributed to the war with creativity, not violence.

Video by Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Eva Artesona

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68633054

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