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Dudley Clarke

British Second World War intelligence officer, and pioneer of strategic military deception tactics (1899-1974) · United Kingdom · Died at 75

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Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke, was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War.

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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

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Sibling: T. E. B. Clarke

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Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke, was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War. His ideas for combining fictional orders of battle, visual deception and double agents helped define Allied deception strategy during the war, for which he has been referred to as "the greatest British deceiver of WW2".

Country
United Kingdom
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Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1974 · aged 75

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