"World War II Plans - That Never Happened-Review" Topic

"This book by Michael Kerrigan has been there for a while, but it deserved promotion. The author clearly shares my passion for time spent at the National Archives looking through the original wartime files. He has pulled together a range of plans, not just from the UK, that never happened. Some I was familiar with, others were new.

My former job included the Highlands of Scotland, and I once extended a work trip to take my mum down the west coast. She was paddling in the sea in a beautiful secluded bay opposite the island of Gruinard. Very happy until I explained that the island was off-limits because it was contaminated with Anthrax, after a wartime experiment! What I didn't know was that the allies planned to drop 5 million spores over German pastureland, killing cows and civilians who eat the meat. It was named, ironically, Operation Vegetarian. Fortunately, an official pointed out that the countryside affected would be uninhabitable for generations – like Gruinard…"
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Armand

It was not stopped because of it's long term effect, It was stopped because bio weapons do not respect national boundaries. If we used bio weapons on Germany then Germany would use bio weapons on the allies. The same argument goes for chemical weapons.

There is some proof that Germany used a bio weapon in Italy and the Japanese used bio weapons in China. Both Germany and Japan understood that they did not have control of the air and if they used bio weapons then they would be attacked by bio weapons.

Agree.

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