ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Operation Greif

Okay kiddo, so Operation Greif was a secret mission during World War II. It was done by a group of sneaky Germans who dressed up like American soldiers and tried to sabotage Allied soldiers by causing confusion and making them do things they weren't supposed to do.

There was a man named Otto Skorzeny, who was really good at tricking people and making them think he was someone else. He was the leader of this sneaky mission. He picked a bunch of soldiers who looked like Americans and trained them to act like Americans too. They learned how to speak English like Americans, wear American uniforms, and pretend like they were fighting for the U.S.

The sneaky Germans then snuck into the Allied lines and caused all sorts of problems. They messed with the soldiers' radios so they couldn't communicate with each other, they put fake signs up to lead soldiers into traps, and they even kidnapped some important people!

But eventually, the Allies figured out what was going on and they caught the sneaky Germans. Operation Greif ended up being a failure and didn't do as much damage as the Germans had hoped. But it was still a pretty sneaky plan.