Draft:Operation Boardman
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Comment: Not enough here for an independently notable article, merge the usable content that already isn't included into Operation Avalanche. Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:50, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Operation Boardman was a diversion operation designed to support Operation Avalanche. The operation began on June 30, 1943, and ended on August 31, 1943. The plan for the operation was for the Abwehr to intercept radio transmissions which contained false plans for invasions of Sardinia, Corsica, Apulia, Southern France or Northwestern Italy, and finally Greece in that order. Essentially, the plan sought to weaken German and Italian forces in Southern and Central Italy by shifting Axis focus away from those regions. Also part of this operation was the use of dummies previously used in Operation Waterfall. Dummies were refurbished and set up in Cyrenaica in a way that would suggest an invasion of the Peloponnese.[1][2]
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[edit]- ^ "Boardman | Operations & Codenames of WWII". codenames.info. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ Souter, Gerry; Souter, Janet (2019-05-20). The Ghost Army: Conning the Third Reich. Arcturus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78950-443-9.