The US Army had a unit of artists armed with inflatable tanks.

1944

The 'Ghost Army' staged shows for the Germans with rubber vehicles and recorded noise; its ranks included future designer Bill Blass and painter Ellsworth Kelly.

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• D-Day: Normandy landings1944 · Normandy. On 6 June 1944 American, British, Canadian and other Allied troops landed on the Normandy coast in the largest seaborne invasion in history. The Second Front in Europe was opened, and the liberation of France soon followed.

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