The Fake D-Day (WW2)

 Before the actual D-Day invasion by Allied forces, the British had made fake soldiers, tanks and boats out of simple materials like straw, wood and rubber- and even announced fake radio messages about fake operations concerning FAKE military units, which German spies were happy to eavesdrop and get back as valuable intel.

This made the Germans send their strongest troops and Panzer units to Calais to intercept an invading force that they found out was never a threat at all, which resulted in crafty and evil Hitler to become so paranoid that he refused to deploy any troops along that area, making the Normandy landings slightly less defended by German troops.

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 Gang, should I continue to add images about the facts or make essays? 

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Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu

 During my short stay at this serene hill station, I decided to do a little research on it's history and how it became to be a popular vacation spot.

The story goes that a group of British officers grew tired of the sweltering heat and decided to settle down and live on those cool Kodai hills,, and the place became so popular that more people from other countries decided to settle down there too, like an American missionary and an Australian botanist who was the one who brought eucalyptus trees to the region which caused a catastrophic change to the local environment.

And even today it is still a popular destination among political figures considering how many political vehicles that I have spotted driving in and around the mountain roads of that town.

Rayakottai, Tamil Nadu

 

This fort sitting atop a hill in Denkanikottai district of Tamil Nadu and near the border of Karnataka, was built by the Vijayanagaras in the 1300s and it's name meant "fort of the rayas."

It was then owned by the Wadiyar kings of Mysore post the 1500s and then annexed by the British (Major. Gowdie) from Tipu Sultan, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War and was added to the Madras Presidency (under British rule) after the signing of the Treaty of Srirangapatna.

Savandurga rock, Karnataka

 

Savandurga rock (or Sevan Droog, as the British called it) was the site of a fierce battle between the invading British forces and the defending troops of "one of the local Tipoos forces defended the fort with such determination."
That line was from a British report about this battle and that local Tipoo was none other than Tipu Sultan during the Third Anglo-Mysore War in December 1791. 

 

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu (India)

 Known for it's beautiful "bommai" (or,"Thanjavur dancing dolls") dolls,  architecture and being the capital of another great sea empire in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (the Chola Empire), this city was also ruled by the Marathas and the British empire before India got her independence.

Pallavas, Mamallapuram and a great sea empire from Tamil Nadu

 

The Pallavas were a large sea empire that conquered and ruled territories as far as South-east Asia (similar to the Chola empire who were also from Tamil Nadu) and used the lion as their political symbol.
They wrote in the ancestral language to both Tamil and Malayalam which, according to the tour guide in Mamallapuram, was called the "Bali script."

One of their cities, called "Mamallapuram"; because it was named after the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (also known as "Mamalla");  and it is known for amazing examples of large and magnificent structures which are over a thousand years old.
This place still exists in Tamil Nadu with it's structures well-preserved by the ASI (the Archaeological Society of India)

A few examples of these structures are the lighthouse built for their port in Mamallapuram for the Pallavas, the famous Shore temple by the coast, gravity-defying rocks (I'm not kidding), and ancient temples with Bali script inscribed on some parts of their stones.

An interesting fact about this lighthouse is that it used oil lamps and it was later replaced by a new lighthouse built near it by the British empire.