Also from the folks at Atlas Obscura a small article about deception in WWll. More to it than to Maskelyne's claims? I've got no idea.
http://tinyurl.com/nms73ka
another war magician?
Re: another war magician?
and further on that note they also have some related stories like this one on inflatable trucks and other Potemkin village type trickery. tinyurl.com/lll3j7a