Great picture on that site
And quite interesting facts
In a similar vein I doubt that many reading this will have heard of the delightful disinformation campaign to persusade the Germans in 1940 that if they tried to invade England they would be faced with the ability of the British to "set the Channel on fire"
One plan involved dousing the channel with oil, then setting it ablaze to burn the Germans alive before reaching the shore. Of course, they did not have the ability to do so and therefore could only use deception, rumor, and propaganda to imply that the island was protected by a wall of fire
there is a great write up at:-
http://www.psywarrior.com/DeceptionH.html
which includes this photograph as "proof"
"The sea afire"
the plan included a warning on BBC radio which included this German phrase
"And if I may be allowed to suggest a phrase: Der SS Sturmfiihrer brennt auch ganz schon, The SS Captain is also burning quite nicely, the SS Captain is also burning quite nicely!"
That is a delighful page to read dealing as it does initially with those dark days before Pearl Harbo(u)r and before the 20th century's arguably greatest politician (Winnie Churchill) "mobilised the english languge and and sent it into battle "
Further down the page is an account of the later successful deception plan to confuse the Germans on the 1944 invasion plans
"Everyone knows of Patton’s phantom army group, the fake radio traffic to indicate that the real invasion force was still in England, the rubber tanks
and aircraft placed wherever a German reconnaissance aircraft might spot them,"
John Fowles
OK OK enough is enough boys and girls we had better stop this topic right now before No ordinary man a.k.a. "Torkey Jerky steps up to
demand that this be discussed in the small talk forum, where I am about to expostulate on the wonderful English language