Did the British Really Historically Troll Germany During World War II?

Not sure if this is fully accurate or not. It appears to be one of those stories which simply cannot be fully confirmed or denied.

Still, it felt worth sharing, with the caveat that this has not (as of yet) been proven to be true. If it is true, it might be one of the funniest stories to come out of World War II, which generally was nothing to laugh about. Still, there are certain stories of things that occurred during World War II which actually are fairly funny.

Here's one by General Norman Schwartzkopf that I remember him sharing on a CBS Special historical program call "Hitler & Stalin: A Legacy of Hate," which he co-hosted with Charles Kuralt, and which was originally first broadcast in 1993, I believe. It was about a Russian colonel, I believe, who put two and two together and realized that his unit would get less and less food and drink (particularly vodka) whenever he would report his losses of men. So he decided not to report them any longer, and so by default, his unit was able to get more food and vodka. At one point, this got noticed, and there was an investigation. They realized the gimmick, and it was ordered that he would be shot. But on the same day as they were to take him, he was instead given a medal for his extraordinary service and leadership for enjoying such a level of success at not losing men by the Soviet military high command. 

Apparently, that story shared by Schwartzkopf in that documentary was true. Whether or not this story about the fake German airfield consisting of wooden planes, vehicles, and the British responding with one single wooden bomb, I cannot say. It sounds like a great story, if it is indeed true. When you think of the risks involved in potentially losing men and aircraft for what amounted to a practical joke, it would seem unlikely, to be fair. But I guess you never know.

In any case, this seemed worth sharing, so here it is. I did add links to two articles, both of which explore the accuracy of this story. And below that is the original Facebook post, from which I first heard about this particular story. 

Did Allied pilots really drop fake wooden bombs on fake wooden decoy airfields? by Laura Skitt on 10th August 2021:

https://www.forces.net/heritage/history/did-allied-pilots-really-drop-fake-wooden-bombs-fake-wooden-decoy-airfields

Did the British Drop a Wooden Bomb on a Decoy German Airfield? During WWII the Germans built wooden airplanes and sometimes complete airfields to keep the Allies away from their real airfields. David Mikkelson Published Sept. 30, 2005:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wooden-bomb/

Джей Рустамов 15 April (2024) at 1745 ·  The best trolling of WW2:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2230889593779277&set=gm.1126862418506296&idorvanity=354142799111599