Disinformation (was: Re: [Milsurplus] LO radiation)

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Mon Mar 28 22:28:17 EST 2005


The Brits are GREAT at this sort of stuff. Phantom armies under Patton, The Man
Who Never Was. There were several books written about deceptions.

There were even specially modified WS 19s that could emulate a whole group of
sets, designed to fool German traffic analysis.

-John

D C Macdonald wrote:

> The last section (isolated from original text) or Steve
> Byan's message demonstrates that prisoners of war
> remain "at war" even in captivity.
>
> Mac, K2GKK/5
>
> >>>>  MUCH SNIPPAGE  <<<<
>
> They were further confused  when a RAF Coastal Command
> prisoner told his captors that RAF planes  were homing in on
> emissions from Metox, leading to an order for the  removal
> of Metox from all U-boats."
>
> Metox was a countermeasures receiver carried by the U-boats
> which gave warning of the early British longwave antisubmarine
> radar.





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