Sounds like a house I walk pass near where I work. They have a huge cardboard cut out of a man pointing a gun at their window. The window also has bars, it would frighten folks half to death on a dark night but I guess it works. My daughter used to carry a huge soft toy gorilla in her passenger seat when she was driving alone at night Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: <c.ridings@sbcglobal.net> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Kid's Question About WW2 > The following excerpt was taken from info on dummy paratrooper hitory site > found when subject was googled. The article is rather interesting on the > history of using these dummies by the Germans, British, and Americans. > > > > BRITISH PARADUMMIES D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: > The British carried out the most famous of all paradummy missions during > the early hours of D-Day June 5/6th, 1944. The paradummy operation was > code-named "Titanic" and involved dropping hundreds of paradummies along > the French coast to confuse and deceive the Germans as to where the actual > Allied Airborne drops would occur. > Six brave SAS men jumped along with the paradummies to make a lot of noise > on the ground, play combat recordings, make small attacks on German troops > (like couriers) and generally help make the landings appear real to the > Germans. The SAS men were Lt. Fowles, TPR. Hurst, TPR. Merryweather, Lt. > Poole, TPR. Dawson, and TPR. Saunders. Days after the operation only two > of these six men had returned to friendly lines. The other five were > likely killed or captured but it is possible some survived so this web > site is still trying to research their exact fate. Titanic is surely one > of the best kept secrets of WWII involving sheer bravery amongst Allied > Special Operations soldiers, out there on their own behind enemy lines. > The Titanic operation worked well and actually caused a good number of > German troops to spread out away from the real landing areas, and also > caused much confusion and doubt amongst German commanders who were then > completely unsure if there was in fact an attack happening or not. Titanic > is credited with surely reducing many Allied casualties as a result. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: sue woelkers <sheltzz3@yahoo.com> > To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:11:15 AM > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Kid's Question About WW2 > > > my 11 year old nephew called and he had been told the following by a > friend. > > On D-Day, so the story goes, the Allies (Americans?) dropped dummies > behind the German positions, firecrackers attached. The Germans were to > believe that the dummies were real, and shooting at them. While they were > distracted, meanwhile, real troops were approaching from the rear, and > took out the Germans. > > Any truth to this story? > > Thanks for the help you all are so wonderful at providing! > > > --------------------------------- > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. > Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what > country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give > dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For > example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about > a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com > subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please > remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country > you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates > please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 > Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >