Underground Propaganda Rumour-mongering in the Second World War.
A collection of over 1,500 of the most noteworthy, provocative and amusing subversive rumours concocted by the British Government's Underground Propaganda Committee throughout the Second World War.
*** UPC rumour, September 1940:
"The Germans are going to take down the Eiffel Tower to use the metal for munitions."
*** UPC rumour, August 1942:
"Italian battalion at Split mutinied after human finger nail discovered in canned meat."
*** UPC rumour, September 1943:
"Hand grenades issued to Germans in Russia explode immediately the pin is drawn out. This is a result of the Trojan horse methods employed by French workers in Germany."
*** UPC rumour, July 1944:
"The flying bombs consume as much petrol a day as 100 tanks."