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To keep the Germans guessing about Allied plans and unit strengths as preparations were made to invade Europe, an intricate deception plan was undertaken that involved fake radio traffic, inflatable tanks, and a host of other tricks. Gen. Patton, who the Germans believed to be the obvious choice to command the ground forces of the invasion, was even paraded about England to show that he was in command of the bogus force that had been created. This operation was ___________.
fortitude