How could magic help the British Armed Forces to win the war?

Jasper Maskelyne, a famous magician before the war, created deceptions and camouflage on a grand scale for British Military Intelligence. Maskelyne used mirrors and searchlights to ‘hide’ the Suez Canal.  His ‘blinding curtain of light’ kept the canal safe from German bombers and protected the Allies’ vital supply route to the Middle East. Maskelyne also ‘hid’ Alexandria in Egypt, disguised lorries as tanks and made escape kits for POWs.  Many of Maskelyne’s techniques are still being used in warfare today.