Secret Allied unit that organized deception plans to mislead German strategists. Prime Minister Churchill established the unit, which was usually referred to as the LCS. The chief of the LCS was called "the Controller of Deception."
LCS invented and developed deception plans -- such as A Force, a phantom army of inflatable tanks and dummy parachute troops -- but did not carry out operations. These were conducted by such agencies as the Twenty Committee, MI6, SOE, and the Office of Strategic Services. For the D-DAY deceptions, LCS worked with the Anglo-American Deception Unit of the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces and the U.S. Joint Security Control.
