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The explosive rat, also known as a rat bomb, was a weapon developed by the British Special Operations Executive in World War II for use against Germany. Rat carcasses were filled with plastic explosiv
Diagram and instructions for creating explosive rats
Special Operations Executive
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Special Operations Executive was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World Wa
Explosive rat
…The explosive rat, also known as a rat bomb, was a weapon developed by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II for use against Germany. Rat carcasses were filled with plastic explosives, and were to be distributed near German boiler rooms…
Sir Campbell Stuart was the director of Electra House.
SOE might not have been possible without Joan Bright Astley, Secretarial Typist and Personal Assistant to Jo Holland. She also ran secret war rooms for Winston Churchill, and is considered one of the primary inspirations for Miss Moneypenny.
Major General Colin McVean Gubbins, director of SOE from September 1943
SOE memorial plaque in the cloister of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, unveiled by Major General Gubbins in April 1969