Ghost Army--Trumpets, Torches and Rubber Tanks?? 🤔🤨 TSDP

The Ghost Army saved up to 30,000 lives in WWII. And almost nobody knew they existed.

1,100 artists. 20+ deception operations. Zero shots fired.

This is the story of the most creative military unit in history—and how their strategy mirrored the strategy of a man in the Bible--a man facing impossible odds.

June 1944. The U.S. Army recruits painters, fashion designers, sound engineers, and actors. Their mission? Fool the Nazis into thinking fake divisions are real divisions.

How? Inflatable tanks. Recorded sound effects. Fake radio chatter. Elaborate costumes and impersonations.

From Normandy to the Rhine, the Ghost Army made the Germans believe they were facing forces ten times their actual size. They pulled enemy troops away from real battles. They created phantom threats. They changed the outcome of the war.

And among them? Future legends:
- Bill Blass - Fashion icon
- Ellsworth Kelly - Abstract art pioneer
- Art Kane - Revolutionary photographer
- Arthur Singer - Wildlife illustrator

But the wildest part? This strategy was already proven 3,000 years ago.

Gideon. 300 men. Trumpets, torches, and clay jars. He defeated 135,000 Midianites using deception, faith, and God's strategy.

In this episode, I connect the Ghost Army to Gideon's story and explore what happens when God uses the small, the unlikely, and the faithful to accomplish the impossible.

🎙️ NEW EPISODE: "Ghost Army: Trumpets, Torches and Rubber Tanks??"

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