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Notes on deception practised by 8 Army prior to the offensive of October 1942 at...

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WO 204/7977
Date
1942 Nov.
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Notes on deception practised by 8 Army prior to the offensive of October 1942 at El Alamein (Plan Bertram)

Includes 51 photographs depicting: Deception in Second World War: Western Desert: `Bertram' illustrations of devices used: concealment dumps; construction of dummy pipelines; Australian positions (El Alamein) aerial view. Dated 1942.

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