[0378-2222] OPERATION BODYGUARD – Companion Dossier (PDF)

Description

Behind the Allied landings in Normandy lay the architecture of a ghost war. Operation Bodyguard was not merely a tactical feint, but an intricate counter-espionage apparatus coordinated by the London Controlling Section and the XX Committee. Operating out of blackout-curtained rooms in Norfolk House and Cranmer Court, masterminds like Lieutenant Colonel John Bevan and John Cecil Masterman weaponized human duplicity to safeguard the Allied invasion. This companion dossier compiles declassified signals intelligence, case files of key double agents—including Garbo, Tricycle, and Brutus—and structural diagrams of phantom armies. Readers will trace how fictional battle orders, forged correspondence, and manipulated troop numbers convinced Adolf Hitler to pin his panzer reserves at the Pas de Calais while the true armada assaulted Normandy. Featuring detailed timelines, decoded Bletchley Park intercepts, and primary source documents, this dossier reconstructs the covert psychological warfare campaign that altered twentieth-century history. It is an indispensable technical reference for military historians and espionage researchers alike.