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Dudley Clarke

British Second World War intelligence officer, and pioneer of strategic military deception tactics (1899–1974)

  • Fame51.5
  • Momentum2.7
  • Wikipedia9.4K
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Lived 1899–1974, aged 75United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomOther
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  • Era
    1899–1974
    Aged 75
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-19

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".

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