Deception: World War II.

Deception: World War II

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By 1942, deception has become extremely sophisticated; American arms factories are disguised as towns while double agents manipulate the enemy; the most cunning operation uses a deceased homeless man to trick the entire Nazi leadership. (50 minutes)

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Sun, 2/23 at 12:35 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

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. (50 minutes)

Sun, 2/23 at 1:25 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

Spinning Webs

By 1942, deception has become extremely sophisticated; American arms factories are disguised as towns while double agents manipulate the enemy; the most cunning operation uses a deceased homeless man to trick the entire Nazi leadership. (50 minutes)

Sun, 2/23 at 2:15 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

The Fog of War

Radios and transmitters spread false information, and a ghost army uses sound effects to deceive enemy forces; the Allies deploy one of the most famous double agents of the war. (50 minutes)

Sun, 2/23 at 3:05 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

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. (54 minutes)

Sun, 3/2 at 12:35 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

(50 minutes)