Operation Jael
In
World War 2,
Operation Jael was an Allied deception operation conducted from November
1943 to February
1944 in
Europe to convince the Germans that the center of Allied operations would continue to be in the Mediterranean area.
By that time, the large buildup of Allied forces in Britain in preparation for the invasion of northern France (Operation Overlord) was impossible to continue to conceal.
Operation Jael was followed by Operation Bodyguard.