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The fake army that worked (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 days ago by Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There’s an urban legend where the Krauts were building a fake military base using wood and canvas and the allies waited for them to finish it and drop a single wooden bomb on it.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

whether or not that's real, that's hysterical

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Even if I were a german soldier in that situation I'd laugh my ass off.