1. Both sides made fake guns out of painted logs in the Civil War.

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2. The Allies misled the Germans so well in World War II, Nazi leaders thought the real D-Day invasion was a feint.

Troops approach Omaha Beach on D-Day , June 6, 1944.
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3. The U.S. Army built a fake base to fool Saddam Hussein, and it worked.

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4. The insurgents knew U.S. troops were coming before the Second Battle of Fallujah, but they had no idea of when or where.

U.S. Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah.
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