10 Insane Plans You Won't Believe The Military Tried
6. Operation Overlords Decoy Dummy
D-Day is one of the greatest military coups in the history of combat, the Allied invasion of Normandy only worked because so many people managed to keep it a secret. There were hundreds of casualties on either side, but the surprise assault on the German-controlled Western front was a huge factor in defeating the Third Reich.
The secrecy surrounding the operation was unparalleled at the time which, considering the amount of spies and leaks that go on during wartime, is saying a lot. So worried were the Allied forces that word would get out to the Germans, they cooked up a bonkers plan to trick them into thinking they had a completely different operation planned.
Fake plans for a different attack were stuffed in a briefcase and handcuffed to the arm of a dead man, whose body was then tossed off the coast of Spain with papers identifying him as an Axis spy. Low and behold, the Weekend At Bernie's-style prank actually worked, with the fascist forces not prepared for the D-Day landings at all.