Operation Bernhard was an exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes. The initial plan was to drop the notes over Britain to bring about a collapse of the British economy during the Second World War.
Those Germans Were Quite The Lil' Devils Were They Not?
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| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 16, 2019 11:47 AM |
That could never happen now!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 16, 2019 10:54 AM |
Reminds me of the sneaky amoral tactics of the alt-right.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 16, 2019 10:59 AM |
Now, now, there were good people on both sides...
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 16, 2019 11:02 AM |
Reminds me of the sneaky amoral tactics of the radical socialist left.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 16, 2019 11:06 AM |
Watch The Counterfeiters (2007).
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 16, 2019 11:12 AM |
Goodbye, R4.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 16, 2019 11:15 AM |
The BBC made a comedy/drama about it in 1981 called 'Private Schulz'.
Suppose you've got to be pretty old to have seen it.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 16, 2019 11:19 AM |
It would have failed even if they had produced perfect forgeries as the average wage was under £5 at that time, £5 notes weren't widely used by the public. You could buy a small house for less than £200 in most of the country.
If they had managed to produce good £1 notes the scheme may have worked.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 16, 2019 11:47 AM |