The Germans were utterly fucked when it came to gathering intelligence because threatening captives doesn't work. Allies put captured generals in a luxury prison and bugged them.
That was true of Nazi interrogators with the exception of Hanns Scharff. He’s famously known in military intelligence for his use of kindness to extract information from unknowing participants.
Even regular pows had it pretty good, lots were out to work on farms in the Midwest then stayed and hung their shingle.
I've read about it and iirc, it's wasn't even official mission. It was just pilots goofing off and dropping a training bomb, without command approval.
I was about to ask. I'd hope command didn't risk a pilot's life to reveal strategic intel.
Where did you read about it?
As a German I was wondering how the Red Army Faction time-travelled to WW2.
Turns out RAF = Royal Air Force
Danke, das war verwirrend
Yet, wasn't surprised they had bombers? :p
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Anyone have an actual citation on this particular fact?
I did and turns out this fact is made of wood.
I fucking knew it.
Unfortunately, unlikely, per Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wooden-bomb/
This is one of those things where I truly don't care if it's real or not, as my life is better for knowing about it either way.
That is very Monty Pythonesque. British humor is something special
I assume they knew because of the enigma cracking?
If that was the only way they knew they wouldn't have done it. The Germans not knowing the enigma was cracked was a lot more important than a silly prank.
"But ve worked very hard to trick you :("
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