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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;;text-align:center;;width:50%;border-left:#f8f9fa 2px solid;"> Next</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style=";text-align:center;;width:50%;border-right:#f8f9fa 2px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/40th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="40th Armored Division (United States)">40th Armored Division</a> (<i>Inactive</i>)</td><td style=";text-align:center;;width:50%;border-left:#f8f9fa 2px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/49th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="49th Armored Division (United States)">49th Armored Division</a> (<i>Inactive</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>48th Armored Division</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army National Guard">United States Army National Guard</a> from September 1946 until 1968. Most of its units were part of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Army_National_Guard" title="Florida Army National Guard">Florida Army National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Army_National_Guard" title="Georgia Army National Guard">Georgia Army National Guard</a>. From 1946 to 1955 it was an infantry division. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the denotation <b>48th Infantry Division</b> was a '<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_deception_formations_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army deception formations of World War II">phantom division</a>' created for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Quicksilver_(deception_plan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Quicksilver (deception plan)">Operation Quicksilver</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Operation Fortitude South II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg/220px-48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg/330px-48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg/440px-48th_Infantry_Div_WW2_Phantom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="622" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/48th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Infantry Division (United States)">48th Division "Ghost"</a> patch used during World War II.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:48th_Armored_Div_formation.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/48th_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg/220px-48th_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/48th_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg/330px-48th_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/48th_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg/440px-48th_Division_Shoulder_Patch.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>Shoulder patch used by the National Guard 48th Infantry Division from 16 February 1949 to 1 November 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herbert_Kauffman_Platoon,_Co_A,_124th_Infantry,_48th_Infantry_Division,_FNG,_Tallahassee,_FL,_March_29_1948.jpeg" 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Note the use of the "Ghost Division" patch. For a short time, circa 1948, at least part of the National Guard 48th Infantry Division used this patch before a new patch (the red and white star) was designed.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="48th_Infantry_Division_(National_Guard)"><span id="48th_Infantry_Division_.28National_Guard.29"></span>48th Infantry Division (National Guard)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 48th Infantry Division (National Guard)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 48th "Hurricane" Infantry Division was formed on 15 September 1946 by Florida and Georgia National Guardsmen. The division conducted its first annual training from 18 July to 1 August 1948 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Jackson_(South_Carolina)" title="Fort Jackson (South Carolina)">Fort Jackson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="48th_Armored_Division_(National_Guard)"><span id="48th_Armored_Division_.28National_Guard.29"></span>48th Armored Division (National Guard)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 48th Armored Division (National Guard)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 November 1955, the division was reorganized as an armored division<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Unit </th> <th>Headquartered </th> <th>Commander </th></tr> <tr> <td>Division Headquarters </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/124th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="124th Infantry Regiment (United States)">124th Infantry Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> </td> <td>Col. Maxwell C. Snyder </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/121st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="121st Infantry Regiment (United States)">121st Infantry Regiment</a> </td> <td>Georgia </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>149th Field Artillery Battalion </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida" title="Lakeland, Florida">Lakeland, Florida</a> </td> <td>Lt. Col. Milton E. Hull </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/124th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="124th Infantry Regiment (United States)">124th Infantry Regiment</a> of the Florida ARNG was assigned on 5 July 1946 to the 48th Infantry Division. It was broken up on 1 November 1955 and its elements, the 124th Armored Infantry Battalion and the 154th Armored Infantry Battalion were both assigned to the 48th Armored Division. The 124th and 154th Armored Infantry Battalions were consolidated 15 April 1959 to form the 124th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Armored Rifle Battalions, elements of the 48th Armored Division. </p><p>"To prepare for challenges in Western Europe, the new troop basis authorized the conversion of four National Guard infantry divisions to armored divisions."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Georgia, and Florida agreed to convert and on 1 November 1955 the 48th Division was redesignated as an armored division. When the <a href="/wiki/51st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="51st Infantry Division (United States)">51st Infantry Division</a> was inactivated in 1963, some of its units, both from Florida and South Carolina, were assigned to the 48th Armored Division. On 1 October 1957 the 48th Armored Division headquarters was transferred from Macon, Georgia, to Jacksonville, Florida, as Major General Maxwell Snyder took command. </p><p>When the Army National Guard experienced its next major reorganization in 1967, the 48th Armored Division was chosen for inactivation, which occurred on 1 January 1968. </p><p>Soldiers and units in Florida were assigned to the 53d Infantry Brigade, predecessor to today's <a href="/wiki/53rd_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_States)" title="53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)">53d Infantry Brigade Combat Team</a>. The number "48" was carried on by the Georgia National Guard and is today the <a href="/wiki/48th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team">48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Maj. Gen. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_D._Russell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry D. Russell (page does not exist)">Henry D. Russell</a>, Georgia National Guard (3 July 1946 - 6 February 1951)</li> <li>Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Hutchinson" title="Joseph C. Hutchinson">Joseph C. Hutchinson</a>, Florida National Guard (7 February 1951 – 29 February 1952)</li> <li>Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bacon_Fraser" title="Joseph Bacon Fraser">Joseph B. Fraser</a>, Georgia Army National Guard (1 March 1952 - 1 August 1955)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maj. Gen. Patrick E. Seawright, Georgia Army National Guard (1 August 1955 – 1 October 1957)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maj. Gen. Maxwell C. Snyder, Florida Army National Guard (1 October 1957 - July 1962)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maj. Gen. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Institute+of+Heraldry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil%2FCatalog%2FHeraldryMulti.aspx%3FCategoryId%3D7861%26grp%3D2%26menu%3DUniformed%2520Services&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+Armored+Division+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="AGR_1947-1948" class="citation book cs1">Lance, Mark (1948). <i>Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Florida, 1947-1948</i>. Florida National Guard. p. 9.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Report+of+the+Adjutant+General+of+the+State+of+Florida%2C+1947-1948&rft.pages=9&rft.pub=Florida+National+Guard&rft.date=1948&rft.aulast=Lance&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+Armored+Division+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="AGR_1945-46" class="citation book cs1">Collins, Vivian (1946). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ReportOfTheAdjutantGeneralOfTheStateOfFloridaForTheYears1945And"><i>Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Florida</i></a>. Florida National Guard. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ReportOfTheAdjutantGeneralOfTheStateOfFloridaForTheYears1945And/page/n11">11</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Report+of+the+Adjutant+General+of+the+State+of+Florida&rft.pages=11&rft.pub=Florida+National+Guard&rft.date=1946&rft.aulast=Collins&rft.aufirst=Vivian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FReportOfTheAdjutantGeneralOfTheStateOfFloridaForTheYears1945And&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+Armored+Division+%28United+States%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wilson, John B. 1998. Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades. Washington, D.C. Center for Military History</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Gone But Not Forgotten", The Florida Guardsman, (March 1963), 16b.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Gone But Not Forgotten", The Florida Guardsman, (March 1963), 16b.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Gone But Not Forgotten", The Florida Guardsman, (March 1963), 16b.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Gone But Not Forgotten", The Florida Guardsman, (March 1963), 16b.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Holt, Thaddeus. <i>The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War</i>. Phoenix. 2005. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-75381-917-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-75381-917-1">0-75381-917-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Hesketh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roger Hesketh (page does not exist)">Hesketh, Roger</a>. <i>Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign</i>. St Ermin's Press. 1999 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-316-85172-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-316-85172-8">0-316-85172-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Harris" title="Tomás Harris">Harris, Tomás</a> & Seaman, Mark. <i>Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day</i>. Public Record Office. 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-873162-81-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-873162-81-2">1-873162-81-2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121226124441/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/M-F/index.htm">"Chapter XIII: The Total Army"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/M-F/index.htm#contents"><i>Manoeuvre and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades</i></a>. 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Cott">Hugh Cott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Proud" title="Peter Proud">Peter Proud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Sykes_(artist)" title="Steven Sykes (artist)">Steven Sykes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Army" title="Ghost Army">Ghost Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Dalton_Porter" title="Louis Dalton Porter">Louis Dalton Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Kelly" title="Ellsworth Kelly">Ellsworth Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Slepian" title="David Slepian">David Slepian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Blass" title="Bill Blass">Bill Blass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Kane" title="Art Kane">Art Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Vander_Sluis" title="George Vander Sluis">George Vander Sluis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Townsend" title="Ernest Townsend">Ernest Townsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne" title="Jasper Maskelyne">Jasper Maskelyne</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_camoufleurs#Second_World_War" title="List of camoufleurs">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operational units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/R_Force" title="R Force">R Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Strangeways" title="David Strangeways">David Strangeways</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Beach_Jumpers" title="Beach Jumpers">Beach Jumpers</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Decoys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paradummy" title="Paradummy">Paradummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starfish_site" title="Starfish site">Starfish site</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Double-Cross_System" title="Double-Cross System">Double-Cross System</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Twenty Committee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/John_Cecil_Masterman" title="John Cecil Masterman">John Cecil Masterman</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Double agents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Jebsen" title="Johnny Jebsen">Johnny Jebsen</a> (Artist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Juan Pujol García">Juan Pujol García</a> (Garbo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Czerniawski" title="Roman Czerniawski">Roman Czerniawski</a> (Brutus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Grosjean" title="Roger Grosjean">Roger Grosjean</a> (Fido)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Sch%C3%BCtz" title="Günther Schütz">Günther Schütz</a> (Rainbow)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Owens" title="Arthur Owens">Arthur Owens</a> (Snow)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_Caroli" title="Gösta Caroli">Gösta Caroli</a> (Summer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulf_Schmidt" title="Wulf Schmidt">Wulf Schmidt</a> (Tate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathalie_Sergueiew" title="Nathalie Sergueiew">Nathalie Sergueiew</a> (Treasure)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Popov" class="mw-redirect" title="Dušan Popov">Dušan Popov</a> (Tricycle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_von_Janowski" title="Werner von Janowski">Werner von Janowski</a> (Watchdog)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Chapman" title="Eddie Chapman">Eddie Chapman</a> (Zig-Zag)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Jakobs" title="Josef Jakobs">Josef Jakobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutt_and_Jeff_(spies)" title="Mutt and Jeff (spies)">Mutt and Jeff</a></li></ul> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bodyguard" title="Operation Bodyguard">Bodyguard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Copperhead" title="Operation Copperhead">Copperhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Day_naval_deceptions" title="D-Day naval deceptions">D-Day naval deceptions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ferdinand" title="Operation Ferdinand">Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Fortitude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Graffham" title="Operation Graffham">Graffham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ironside" title="Operation Ironside">Ironside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Titanic" title="Operation Titanic">Titanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Quicksilver_(deception_plan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Quicksilver (deception plan)">Quicksilver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zeppelin_(deception_plan)" title="Operation Zeppelin (deception plan)">Zeppelin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Accumulator" title="Operation Accumulator">Accumulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barclay" title="Operation Barclay">Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bertram" title="Operation Bertram">Bertram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Boardman" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Boardman">Boardman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cascade" title="Operation Cascade">Cascade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chettyford" title="Operation Chettyford">Chettyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cockade" title="Operation Cockade">Cockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Forfar" title="Operation Forfar">Forfar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hardboiled" title="Operation Hardboiled">Hardboiled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat" title="Operation Mincemeat">Mincemeat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pastel" title="Operation Pastel">Pastel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Scherhorn" title="Operation Scherhorn">Scherhorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Span" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Span">Span</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Waterfall" title="Operation Waterfall">Waterfall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bodyguard_of_Lies" title="Bodyguard of Lies">Bodyguard of Lies</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War#Intelligence" title="History of the Second World War"><i>British Intelligence in the Second World War</i> (Vol. 5)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deceivers:_Allied_Military_Deception_in_the_Second_World_War" title="The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War">The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Divisions_of_the_United_States_Army237" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="6th Armored Division (United States)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Armored Division (United States)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="8th Armored Division (United States)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="9th Armored Division (United States)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="10th Armored Division (United States)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="11th Armored Division (United States)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="12th Armored Division (United States)">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="13th Armored Division (United States)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="14th Armored Division (United States)">14th</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/49th_Armored_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Armored Division">49th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="50th Armored Division (United States)">50th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United States)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United States)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="15th Cavalry Division (United States)">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="21st Cavalry Division (United States)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="22nd Cavalry Division (United States)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="23rd Cavalry Division (United States)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Cavalry Division (United States)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="61st Cavalry Division (United States)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="62nd Cavalry Division (United States)">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="63rd Cavalry Division (United States)">63rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="64th Cavalry Division (United States)">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="65th Cavalry Division (United States)">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="66th Cavalry Division (United States)">66th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Infantry Division (United States)">1st</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United States)">2nd</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Infantry Division (United States)">3rd</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Infantry Division (United States)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="6th Infantry Division (United States)">6th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="8th Infantry Division (United States)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="9th Infantry Division (United States)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="11th Infantry Division (United States)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Division_(United_States)" title="12th Division (United States)">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Division_(United_States)" title="13th Division (United States)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Infantry Division (United States)">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Division_(United_States)" title="19th Division (United States)">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americal_Division" title="Americal Division">23rd (Americal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Infantry Division (United States)">24th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="26th Infantry Division (United States)">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="27th Infantry Division (United States)">27th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/28th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="28th Infantry Division (United States)">28th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/29th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="29th Infantry Division (United States)">29th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="30th Infantry Division (United States)">30th</a></li> <li><a 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