For the unrelated World War II shuttle bombing missions, sometimes referred to as Titanic, see Operation Frantic.
Operation Titanic
Part of Operation Bodyguard
The D-Day naval deceptions made up one part of Operation Bodyguard.
Operational scope
Tactical Deception
Location
English Channel
Planned
1944
Planned by
London Controlling Section, Ops (B), Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Target
Nazi Germany
Date
5–6 June 1944
Executed by
United Kingdom: No. 138 Squadron RAF No. 161 Squadron RAF No. 90 Squadron RAF No. 149 Squadron RAF Special Air Service
Outcome
Allied success
Casualties
2 Short Stirling of No. 149 Squadron and their crews 8 Men Special Air Service killed or executed
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Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy)
Prelude
Atlantic Wall
Bodyguard
Fortitude
Zeppelin
Titanic
Taxable, Glimmer & Big Drum
Combined Bomber Offensive
Pointblank
Transport Plan
Postage Able
Tarbrush
Tiger
Fabius
Airborne assault British Sector
Tonga
Caen canal and Orne river bridges
Merville Battery
Mallard
American Sector
Albany
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Elmira
Normandy landings American Sector
Omaha
Utah
Pointe du Hoc
Anglo-Canadian Sector
Gambit
Sword
Juno
Gold
Port-en-Bessin
Logistics
American
Operation Chastity
British
Mulberry
Pluto
Ground campaign American Sector
Brécourt Manor
Graignes
La Haye-du-Puits
Saint-Lô
Carentan
Hill 30
Cherbourg
Naval
Anglo-Canadian Sector
Caen
Bréville
Perch
Villers-Bocage
Le Mesnil-Patry
Normandy massacres
Ardenne Abbey
Douvres
Martlet
Epsom
Windsor
Charnwood
Jupiter
2nd Odon
Atlantic
Goodwood
Verrières Ridge
Breakout
Cobra
Spring
Bluecoat
Totalize
Lüttich
Tractable
Hill 262
Chambois
Falaise
Saint-Malo
Brest
Mantes-Gassicourt
Paris
La Rochelle
Air and Sea operations
Ushant
La Caine
Cherbourg
Pierres Noires
Audierne Bay
Supporting operations
Dingson
Samwest
Titanic
Cooney
Bulbasket
Houndsworth
Loyton
Jedburgh
Dragoon
Wallace & Hardy
Aftermath
Cemeteries
Operation Titanic was a series of military deceptions carried out by the Allied Nations during the Second World War. They formed part of tactical element of Operation Bodyguard, the cover plan for the Normandy landings. Titanic was carried out on 5–6 June 1944 (the night of the invasion) by the Royal Air Force and the Special Air Service. Its objective was to drop hundreds of dummy parachutists, noisemakers and small numbers of special forces troops in locations away from the real Normandy drop zones. It hoped to deceive the German defenders into believing that a large force had landed, drawing troops away from the beachheads and other strategic sites.
Titanic was undertaken by four squadrons from No. 3 Group RAF (the special duties squadrons) alongside detachments from the 2nd SAS Regiment. It accompanied other tactical deceptions including Operations Glimmer and Taxable and wide ranging radar deception. Overall the results of Titanic were broadly achieved. Intercepts of German communications indicate that at least some of the landings were believed to be real and they sowed some confusion during the early part of the Normandy invasion.
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