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Operation Quicksilver (other)
Operation Quicksilver may refer to: * Operation Quicksilver (deception plan), a World War II plan by the Allied nations threatening an invasion at Pas de Calais *Operation Quicksilver (1978) Operation Quicksilver was a series of 16 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1978–1979 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the ''Operation Cresset'' series and preceded the ''Operation Tinderbox Operation Tinderbo ..., an American nuclear test series of eighteen blasts conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1978 and 1979 * Operation Quicksilver (1990s), a plan to reduce the size of the United States Army in the early 1990s as a result of the end of the Cold War {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Quicksilver (deception Plan)
Operation Fortitude was the code name for a World War II military deception employed by the Allied nations as part of an overall deception strategy (code named '' Bodyguard'') during the build-up to the 1944 Normandy landings. Fortitude was divided into two sub-plans, North and South, with the aim of misleading the German High Command as to the location of the invasion. Fortitude had evolved from plans submitted by Noel Wild, head of Ops (B), and John Bevan, from the London Controlling Section in late 1943. Early revisions in January 1944 suggested a fictional build up of troops in southern England with the hope of drawing German attention to the Calais region. Colonel David Strangeways, head of Montgomery's R Force deception staff, was unimpressed with the approach. Strangeways was widely critical of the original plan and eventually re-wrote the Fortitude deception with a focus on creating a more realistic threat. Both Fortitude plans involved the creation of phantom f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Quicksilver (1978)
Operation Quicksilver was a series of 16 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1978–1979 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the ''Operation Cresset'' series and preceded the ''Operation Tinderbox Operation Tinderbox was a series of 14 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1979–1980 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the ''Operation Quicksilver (1978), Operation Quicksilver'' series and preceded the ''Operation Gua ...'' series. References {{US Nuclear Tests 1978 in military history 1979 in military history 1978 in the United States 1979 in the United States Explosions in 1978 Explosions in 1979 Quicksilver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
