This was done hundreds of years before WWI

Fool the Germans once, shame on you. But next time they goosestep down the Champs Elysees.

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This was done hundreds of years before WWI

But we don't want the Irish!

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This was done hundreds of years before WWI

Dude, Blazing Saddles was set post Civil War. That gives at maximum of 50 years.

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This was done hundreds of years before WWI

The fake tollbooth worked even better.

"somebody is going to have to go back and get a sheiss-load of dimes!"

Somebody's gotta go back and get a shiatload of francs.

Joke's on you Le Subby. All of France is fake.

FTFA: The fake cities were built but never tested out as they were only ready after the last German raid on Paris in September 1918.

And we know they didn't use them during WWII!

Hack Patooey: Somebody's gotta go back and get a shiatload of francs.

Throw out your hands!! Stick out your tush!! Hands on your hips. Give them a push!! You'll be surprised. You're doing the French Mistake!! VOILA!!!!

They tried the same thing in W.W. II, but the Germans figured it out when Hitler visited the Louvre and asked why Mona Lisa was frowning.

All it takes is one wise guy to fark up a great plan.

cgraves67: Fool the Germans once, shame on you. But next time they goosestep down the Champs Elysees.

But was it the *real* Champs Elysees?

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This was done hundreds of years before WWI

Dude, Blazing Saddles was set post Civil War. That gives at maximum of 50 years.

I believe it was set during the Howard Johnson administration.

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This was done hundreds of years before WWI

The fake tollbooth worked even better.

"somebody is going to have to go back and get a sheiss-load of dimes!"

I watched it the other day on AMC, they bleeped out the no-no words, ALL of them. It really wasn't the same movie. It was a sacrilege really. With the fundys and the political correct crowd, we're doomed. DOOMED I SAY!

uber humper: "I watched it the other day on AMC, they bleeped out the no-no words, ALL of them. It really wasn't the same movie. It was a sacrilege really. With the fundys and the political correct crowd, we're doomed. DOOMED I SAY!

That's why my husband and I went out and bought the DVD. We wanted to make the kids watch it, and it just doesn't have the same effect without the swearing / farting, etc.

/it's twoo!

The plans were first revealed almost more than 90 years ago...

I see we're right on top of this story.

Kar98: uber humper: [i42.photobucket.com image 599x405]

This was done hundreds of years before WWI

Dude, Blazing Saddles was set post Civil War. That gives at maximum of 50 years.

Don't mind him, he's been dancing around like a Kansas City F@ggot!

/Now go sing us a negro work song

QT_3.14159: uber humper: "I watched it the other day on AMC, they bleeped out the no-no words, ALL of them. It really wasn't the same movie. It was a sacrilege really. With the fundys and the political correct crowd, we're doomed. DOOMED I SAY!

That's why my husband and I went out and bought the DVD. We wanted to make the kids watch it, and it just doesn't have the same effect without the swearing / farting, etc.

/it's twoo!

Good for you. Better they learn words like that in satire than from actual racists.

I don't know how you'd fake it. I've flown over many cities and for some of them it's hard to tell there's a city there. There's no farking missing Paris, though.

To lazy to google or amazon. com

Check out War Magician, a British illusionist did some dirty deceptive stuff to the Germans.

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This was done hundreds of years before WWI

Dude, Blazing Saddles was set post Civil War. That gives at maximum of 50 years.

Don't mind him, he's been dancing around like a Kansas City F@ggot!

/Now go sing us a negro work song

Camptown race track five miles long, doo dah...

I thought the Red Alert timeline didn't kick in until after einstein killed Herr Hitler... after wwi.

Never used the fake buildings...

The US did this, east of Richmond VA. It was called Elko Tract, and was supposed to look like Richmond or DC from the air at night. The land is now a big industrial park, but there are still some ruins out in the woods

It's always amazing to me the crap you were able to pull in the time before GPS and inertial navigation.

During WWII San Diego, CA was able to camouflage most of the downtown shipyards area, pretty farking cool. Can't find the pictures right now, but here's two shots (before/after) of a similar operation on the Burbank Lockheed facility:

astro716: The US did this, east of Richmond VA. It was called Elko Tract, and was supposed to look like Richmond or DC from the air at night. The land is now a big industrial park, but there are still some ruins out in the woods

Ya kinda beat me to it, but if would allow me to expand a bit?

What is now Elko Tract was called a "K" site, or a dummy airfield, they had them in Norfolk and suffulk as well. What was actually there was a quarter scale replica of the near by Byrd Air field, now Richmond International Airport.

The concept behind these K sites was that if there was a Air invasion of the Eastern seaboard, the enemy would first attack the Navel base at Norfolk, sweep inland and hit targets of opportunity while sweeping north towards DC.
If this was to happen, Richmond and the airfield would've been gone into black out and the dummy airstrip would be lit up. conveniently, the dummy airstrip was surrounded by collapsible buildings that hid anti aircraft guns.

The dummy airstrip is no longer there, that big semi-conductor plant is sitting right on top of it.

The ruins that are out there "The Lost City of Richmond" has actually only been there since the late '50s or so. and is right beside the old K site. The story behind THAT is the land had reverted back to control by Henrico county. Central State Hospital was looking to expand and move, so the county went all out to build up the infrastructure in the area in order to attract the project.
So they built paved roads, a water tower, functioning sewers and street light and various support buildings.

Unfortunately, the neighbors of the area didn't care for the notion of having a state asylum and prison for the criminally insane built in their backyard. So, they got the project canceled. After a few more attempts to find a use for the land, the county gave up, and let the land go back to seed.

During the 70's and 80's erstwhile teenagers would often try to go back down the roads to make out only to find a National guard MP (or whatever they have) knocking on the windows telling them to get lost. That in turn started to fuel rumors of secret missile silos, secret underground government doomsday bunkers, Space Alien reception zone and what not.

In the late '90s the county finally cut a road through it all and sold the place off as an industrial park.

if you head out down Williamsburg road and turn down Technology boulevard, Elko tract is just past the semi conductor plant on the right. you can see the water tower, and some cut outs in the woods where the roads go through. Those roads are still chained over with no trespassing signs.

Fano: I thought the Red Alert timeline didn't kick in until after einstein killed Herr Hitler... after wwi.

Never used the fake buildings...

Yes your right about RA1.

Modded fake buildings to be other buildings.

FTFA: "flying at night and without radars..."

thats a neat trick since radar wasn't used militarily until after world war I

Spanky_McFarksalot: FTFA: "flying at night and without radars..."

thats a neat trick since radar wasn't used militarily until after world war I

...that's what he's saying. Try to pay attention next time.

Jeebus. Pick up a rifle and defend your city.

wichitaleaf: Jeebus. Pick up a rifle and defend your city.

The French wouldn't do it in WWII.

Big deal. It's not like they used a bunch of mirrors in a mgic trick to hide an entire farking canal.

What a fake Paris might look like:

Herbie555: It's always amazing to me the crap you were able to pull in the time before GPS and inertial navigation.

During WWII San Diego, CA was able to camouflage most of the downtown shipyards area, pretty farking cool. Can't find the pictures right now, but here's two shots (before/after) of a similar operation on the Burbank Lockheed facility:

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Here's a high-res of the Boeing plant. (new window)

And here's what it looked like up close (new window)

Cerebral Knievel: astro716: The US did this, east of Richmond VA. It was called Elko Tract, and was supposed to look like Richmond or DC from the air at night. The land is now a big industrial park, but there are still some ruins out in the woods

Ya kinda beat me to it, but if would allow me to expand a bit?

...lots of words...

Cool, thanks for the info. I grew up in northern Chesterfield, and we had our own playgrounds in the woods. So what were MP's doing in the woods anyway? I could believe there was a missile silo out there. There's one really close (and accessable) to PHF just down the road.

Herbie555: It's always amazing to me the crap you were able to pull in the time before GPS and inertial navigation.

During WWII San Diego, CA was able to camouflage most of the downtown shipyards area, pretty farking cool. Can't find the pictures right now, but here's two shots (before/after) of a similar operation on the Burbank Lockheed facility:

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That's nothing, look at the work they did disguising Detroit as a post apocalyptic wasteland so no one would bother wasting bombs on it.

Granted the plans got held up so they missed the war, but the commitment more than makes up for the timing.

VaportrailFilms: ...that's what he's saying. Try to pay attention next time.

I payed attention just fine, the author wrote a bad article mentioning technology that wouldn't be used for decades.

If he felt the need to mention it at all, he should have pointed out that radar hadn't been invented yet instead of just mentioning in passing.

They were going to build another fake Paris in WWII to fool Hitler, but gave up on the idea.

astro716: Cerebral Knievel: astro716: The US did this, east of Richmond VA. It was called Elko Tract, and was supposed to look like Richmond or DC from the air at night. The land is now a big industrial park, but there are still some ruins out in the woods

Ya kinda beat me to it, but if would allow me to expand a bit?

...lots of words...

Cool, thanks for the info. I grew up in northern Chesterfield, and we had our own playgrounds in the woods. So what were MP's doing in the woods anyway? I could believe there was a missile silo out there. There's one really close (and accessable) to PHF just down the road.

The K site, dummy airfield was the eastern most part of their patrol guarding the air national guard base beside the real airport. The MPs would cut through the abandond roads on their way back to the base. And what is now technology blvd was one of the old roads. It connects williamsburg road to portuguege road.