THE BRITISH DEADLIEST PLOT

Hey! if you've ever felt swamped by the chaos of it all and crave some time alone in nature why not venture to groinart Island this remote lump of land off the northwest coast of Scotland is utterly uninhabited and devoid of irritating modern conveniences like Wi-Fi running water or reliable Shelter encircled by the Frosty Waters of the North Atlantic you could even satisfy your ponchon for Cold Water swimming but along with your Speedos you might want to pack your hazmat suit and instead of sun cream it's Scotland it's probably a good idea to top up your vaccinations specifically the kind that protects you from deadly bacterial infections oh and don't be alarmed if the locals refer to your new holiday spots as the island of death according to the British Ministry of Defense it's perfectly safe to visit well it is now anyway because for a solid 50 years beginning in the early 19 0s this two square kilometer island in the arsene of nowhere was one of the most perilous places on Earth thanks to one of the most bizarre covert operations of the second world war operation vegetarian despite the name it wasn't an assault on Humanity's herbivores quite the contrary it was a crazy campaign against carnivores specifically the German ones for that reason it was arguably one of the most misnamed military campaigns of the 20th century right up there with operation toenails the invasion of new Georgia by Allied troops operations red bean and frequent wind which must have been unpleasant for everyone involved and operations Beaver cage and Viking snatch the less said about those the better operation vegetarian was a proposed bio-warfare campaign during World War II that aims to sabotage the German food supply by contaminating cattle with Anthrax the horrific bacterial infection not the American fresh metal band though I'm sure Castle wouldn't like that very much either the plan was the brain fart I mean brainchild of British scientist Paul Fields a distinguished biology buff and who three years into World War II was tasked with concocting a biological weapon that could turn the tide on Hitler his answer was simple drop millions of Anthrax laced linseed Cakes Across Germany during the summer when the nation's Castle would be out grazing if everything went to plan the cattle would consume the cakes and become infected subsequently infecting the people who ate them if it turned out that castle didn't like the taste of Anthrax the cakes would simply dissolve the next time it rained poisoning the grass which the cows would eventually eat anyway either way things would end badly for the bovines this whole plus I'm talking about in this video sounds like something imagined by a James Bond villain but soon after it the Allies completed an operation just as horrific the infamous bombing of Dresden Germany whilst this Firestorm resulted in massive civilian casualties like operation vegetarian promised to Dresden was also a strike at the wealth of the German Empire to be the city was filled with cultural wealth and artifacts like sculptures and artwork along with many German Elites who hoarded such wealth their Obsession for these fine artworks runs deep in fact a German Art Market experienced a boom during the war with work seen as stable wartime Investments flash forward to the 21st century and art stability as an investment has still held over time it's a strategy that used her only work for the Uber Rich until today's sponsor Masterworks cracked the market wide open selling 5 million dollars worth of art last year alone and returning the net proceeds not to billionaires but to people like you and me in fact every the bacteria that causes Anthrax bacillus anthracis can be inhaled ingested or absorbed through direct contact with the skin but the side effects are ultimately the same sepsis multiple organ failure and swelling of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord resulting in extensive internal bleeding and eventually cutaneous Anthrax. Inhalation Anthrax is the deadliest but gastrointestinal Anthrax the one the British plan to spread through operation. vegetarian isn't far behind left untreated over half of gastrointestinal Anthrax patients perish and even if treated with the right antibiotics which weren't around in 19 2 anyway 0 percent of patients don't make it Anthrax isn't man-made bacillus and Francis is found naturally all over the world mainly in soil it mostly infects farmed and wild animals who occasionally transmit it to humans some Scholars think it was the real cause of the fifth plague in the Bible which describes the sickness that A flicks Livestock today we still witness roughly 2 000 cases annually but operation vegetarian would have dwarfed those numbers the plan was to contaminate Germany's beef cattle possibly infecting humans who tasted on the meat but at the very least it would have killed all the cows creating a colossal food shortage that would force the Nazis to reroute resources and attention away from beating the crap out of half of Europe but this logic was flawed from the outset when Paul Phil started his research Hitler and his forces were at the peak of their European expansion granting them access to Food Supplies far beyond Germany's borders killing a lot of local cows would have been horrible but it wouldn't have starved the nation so not a particularly pragmatic strategy but that was far from the worst of it operation vegetarian despite its tree-hugging name was an ethical catastrophe had it being carried out it would have been impossible to control the spread of Anthrax which would have infected not only the targeted Castle but many other animals humans and even the land itself potentially killing millions and rendering all of Germany uninhabitable for Generations In fairness the British didn't know all of this at the time to discover anthrax's full lethality they would firstly to do the sciency bit and test the stuff and for that they would need a remote unoccupied area far away from people especially people who like to ask inconvenient questions which brings us back to groinard Island your next dream holiday in 19 2 scientists from Portland down the government's biochemical research lab in Southern England descended on grenade Island taking 60 sheep along for the company in the first test a modified plane dropped an Anthrax bomb on the island killing all 60 sheepies but also some animals on the mainland nearby later tests involving Anthrax cake bombs caused more unplanned spread of the disease when a contaminated sheep carcass washed upon Shore across the bay sparking an outbreak of Anthrax in local animals and livestock the government told Farmers a passing Greek ship was to blame and washed everything up through the Tactical use of some very generous bribes I mean compensation despite their collateral damage Anthrax bombs were clearly a very deadly success groinard Island was transformed into a forbidding hellscape freshening death upon any setting foot on its Shores so what did the British do. Yes they showed that anthrax can be a A deadly weapon, but they had no idea how how long its effects may last watched as they returned to the groin Head Island after the war explorers it was assumed to be caused by Anfrax pollution neutralizes itself after a few years, but the spores turned out amazing flexible and cleaning operations failed miserably groin left a a death trap for decades, that's a fact became public when the ministry the security video has been declassified 1980. material showed experiments has been done for almost 0 years in early September, including one bomb fell from the plane and the third the expedition was made later in the summer when four tests were conducted four rams were used for experiments, because they are especially sensitive when inhaled Anthrax and it led to publicity just shout a joke that no one really made that well, hardly anyone, a small crowd self-proclaimed revolutionaries a somewhat ominously dark Harvest Commander of the Scottish Citizen Army they gave these rebels a lot of crap announced himself to the world for the first time in 1981 when the mysterious note was attached to Saint's front door Andrew's home, Scotland The Edinburgh government argued assembled a strong team bastards, of which there were at least two microbiologists and this state visited the island of Groinart collect more than 100 kilograms of poison soil this soil would be in danger left in strategic places around in the country until the government pays attention immediately after packing anthrax soil was found in the harbor and down from the facility where you work vegetarian was developed in the dark Harvest Commandos seemed to mean trade clearly bothered the British the government took measures for five years then in 1986 the worst ground was removed and everything was left behind sprinkled with a mixture of sea water and formaldehyde quarantine in 1990 was finally raised and groined by Iceland was officially declared safe visited in 1972 on biological weapons an agreement was reached to ban countries on the development of the production warehouse or uses biological weapons in 185 countries registered, making it illegal governments and the military with agents such as anthrax hopefully thanks to horrible bugs as vegetarians were all a little smarter mass destruction and oh waiting for a more peaceful world for all mankind and cows.