From covert operations and daring acts of espionage to astounding stories of deceit that managed to fool entire governments and armies, Deception: World War II tracks six years of conflict through archive footage and expert interviews.
ÉPISODE 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.
ÉPISODE 2
Spinning Webs
By 1942, deception has become extremely sophisticated. American arms factories are disguised as towns while double agents manipulate the enemy. But the most cunning operation uses a deceased homeless man to trick the entire Nazi leadership.
ÉPISODE 3
The Fog of War
Radios and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army uses sound effects to deceive enemy forces. Meanwhile, the Allies deploy one of the most famous double agents of the war.
ÉPISODE 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.
Tim Bosanquet
Edmund Duff
Mike Kenneally
Harriet Pike
