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The episode featured the author explaining that the book detailed how strategic deception during the war was a massive, interlinked plan designed to confuse the enemy on a huge scale. It highlighted the complexity and scope of the operation, portraying it as a significant historical insight. The discussion conveyed strong approval of the title as an informative look at the greatest WWII hoax.
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Joshua Levine, the author of 'Operation Fortitude: The Greatest Hoax of the Second World War', explained how strategic deception worked, saying that it is a step up from a normal military deception because you are building up a whole plan to confuse the enemy on a huge scale. It is much more complex, interlinked and bigger.
Joshua Levine is the author of Operation Fortitude, the greatest hoax of the Second World War.
Strategic deception is kind of a step up because you're building up this overall plan which is trying to confuse the enemy on a huge scale. It's much more complicated, it's much more interlinked, it's much bigger.
You are fooling the enemy about your entire political and military strategy.