So it’s true. Britain really did send agents behind enemy lines armed with
dead rats and mule droppings. After 60 years, the bizarre weapons of Britain’s
clandestine operations during the Second World War are exposed in The Secret
Agent’s Handbook of Special Devices. Rats and turds were good places to hide
explosives—as were Chianti bottles, clogs, fake fruit and veg. Eat after
reading. Published by Public Record Office, £16.99, ISBN 1903365007.
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