R Force

Woven cloth formation sign. Deception unit of the 21st Army Group. Comprised mainly from REs and R.Signals. Its task was to convince the Germans that the D Day landings were to be elsewhere as they convinced them that a much larger force was crossing the Rhine using rubber and cardboard cutouts of guns, tanks and landing craft, as well as sound effects. Disbanded just before the war ended. Ref Allied Special Forces Insignia 1939-45 by Taylor p183

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