During World War II, Operation Pastel was the U.S. deception plan scheduled to protect Operation Olympic, the planned invasion of southern Japan.
Pastel would have falsely portrayed a threat of an American-led invasion against ports in China via attacks on Formosa.
One of the notional military formations that was designated for use in the deception was the fictitious XXXV Airborne Corps.
[1] The final version of Operation Pastel incorporated notional airborne landings, using dummy parachutists similar to those used on D-Day, in the interior of Kyūshū the day before the actual landings were to take place.
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