decieving place

 A lot of places were being decorated into different appearances during war time. This is the example I've heard in Mr.Wahlgren's history class. After Pearl Harbor, the United States government was afraided that the Japanese air force would bomb the American mainland just like what they did in Hawaii. Because of that, they had covered up all the air planes, factories, or any other military bases with canvas. If the Japanese were trying to bomb the factories or airplanes on the American mainland, they would just see empty land, and they wouldn't be able to find the targets. Even though Japan never got any chance to invade United States, I guessed the American government was pretty smart to use this kind of tactics to trick the Japanese.