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Samuraisaurus t1_ir9liwn wrote

Reply to comment by CranstonBickle in TIL about Operation Bernhard. During WWII, Germany attempted to bring about the collapse of the British economy by forging ≈£130 million in British bank notes. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, and are very difficult to differentiate from legitimate notes. by rkadeYT

Every spy in England

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CranstonBickle t1_iraw3qj wrote

We were both wrong (I looked it up) - it was every German spy was working for dept XX

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Lionel_Herkabe t1_irb4he3 wrote

Department XX was a British counterintelligence program so by definition that statement must be true. Wikipedia says all German spies were turned except for one that committed suicide.

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