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TIL during WW2, German soldiers disguised themselves as Americans in order to cause confusion among Allied troops. The paranoia was so great that at one point British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery had the tires of his car shot out, was dragged out of the car, and was detained in a barn for hours.

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