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Kenneth W. Rendell

Among the items recovered at Pearl Harbour after the attack were these goggles worn by a Japanese pilot, and a navigational instrument from a plane that was shot down.

Time fuses

A radio set concealed in a suitcase used to report on German forces in Normandy before D-Day.

A garrote used to choke opponents

Operation Overlord was shielded from the Germans by Operation Bodyguard, inspired by Churchill’s remark that truth in wartime should always be “attended by a bodyguard of lies.” That meant simulating preparations for landings elsewhere to keep German forces dispersed. The tactical deceptions underpinning Bodyguard included dropping dummies by parachute, such as this one, to distract Germans from incursions by real paratroopers.

A confidential folder of the type used for the Allied planning of Overlord.