30. British Deception and Misdirection Efforts
The Germans were fed misinformation via turned spies, and borrowing from stage magic, the British built wood and canvass contraptions to deceive German aerial reconnaissance. Tanks over here were made to look like trucks, while trucks over there were made to look like menacing concentrations of tanks. To further fool the Germans about the British buildup of supplies and munitions, the CDTC set up fake ammunition dumps. With water being the most precious resource in the desert, whose concentration offered strong indicia of intent, a 200 mile dummy water pipeline was laid to the southern sector of the line.