Name: Deception: World War II
Released: 2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

Tracking six years of conflict, this series uses a wealth of archive footage and expert interviews to explore astounding stories of subterfuge and covert operations and looks at those who managed to fool entire governments and armies.

2023 · 48m

Director Tim Bosanquet

EPISODE 1

The Inception of Deception

The early years of the war see deception in its infancy: code breaking, glamorous spies, fake bombing sites, and even inflatable tanks; World War II begins with a deadly deception inside a Polish radio station.
EPISODE 2

Spinning Webs

By 1942, deception has become extremely sophisticated; American arms factories are disguised as towns while double agents manipulate the enemy; the most cunning operation uses a deceased homeless man to trick the entire Nazi leadership.
EPISODE 3

The Fog of War

Radios and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army uses sound effects to deceive enemy forces; the Allies deploy one of the most famous double agents of the war.
EPISODE 4

The Final Days of the War

The Allies are winning the war, but both sides continue to use masterful deceptions to confuse and trick the other; the immediate postwar years see the US and Soviet Union begin a deadly game of espionage in the race for atomic supremacy.