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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Explosive Coal


The Fake Coal That Destroyed 1,000 German Trains | WWII’s Most Ingenious Sabotage Weapon
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Found a couple other pages that talk about this:

2 comments:

  1. A wheeze that didn't quite work - exploding rats.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_rat

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  2. I like this line from your link: 'The explosive rats never saw use, as the first shipment was intercepted by the Germans; however, the resulting search for more booby trapped rats consumed enough German resources for the SOE to conclude that the operation was a success.'

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