"Nazi Scientists May Have Plotted Malaria Mosquito Warfare" Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Mar 2014 12:32 p.m. PST |
"Biological warfare, the unleashing of disease-carrying living organisms and natural toxins on enemies, dates to antiquity. In World War II, both Allied and Japanese programs investigated and produced microbes to be used as biological weapons. (See also: "World War II Time Line.") The recently uncovered research protocols from the Dachau concentration camp, reported by biologist Klaus Reinhardt of Germany's University of Tübingen in the December edition of the journal Endeavour, suggest that Germany also had an offensive biological research program, as long suspected. Although Hitler issued edicts against biological weapons during the war, experts have debated for decades whether such efforts took place in the hidden corners of the Nazi regime. Complicating efforts to pierce the Nazi veil, research into how to defend against biological weapons can look a lot like-and sometimes lead to-efforts to create them. It's the central, dangerous paradox of biological weapons
" Full article here. link That's would be very difficult to wargame! (smile). Amicalement Armand |
Huscarle | 01 Mar 2014 2:57 p.m. PST |
That's one of the plot lines in one of the excellent Bernie Gunther novels by Philip Kerr. berniegunther.com The American Office of Scientific Research & Development did something similar, experimenting on state penitentiary prisoners in 1945, in an effort to develop a malaria vaccine. |
Tango01 | 02 Mar 2014 9:04 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the info my friend. Amicalement Armand |
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