Operation Vegetarian

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Operation Vegetarian

proposed WWII bioweapon plan

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Today in History—April 24
How an Anthrax Experiment Quarantined an Island
The effort was dubbed Operation Vegetarian, a lurid pun for a plan that was both horrific and strategic. Scientists proposed infecting cattle feed—linseed cakes—with anthrax and scattering them across German pastures. Livestock would eat the infected feed and then enter the food supply, causing mass casualties.
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The effort was dubbed Operation Vegetarian, a lurid pun for a plan that was both horrific and strategic. Scientists proposed infecting cattle feed—linseed cakes—with anthrax and scattering them across German pastures. Livestock would eat the infected feed and then enter the food supply, causing mass casualties.
Read More