Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis

by Paul B. Janeczko

Book Overview

What do set design, sound effects, and showmanship have to do with winning World War II? Meet the Ghost Army that played a surprising role in helping to deceive -- and defeat -- the Nazis.

In his third book about deception during war, Paul B. Janeczko focuses his lens on World War II and the operations carried out by the Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops, aka the Ghost Army. This remarkable unit included actors, camouflage experts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763681539
• ISBN13: 9780763681531
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9