Whispers of War

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."