eponymousanonymous19 t1_ir8s9eg wrote on October 6, 2022 at 4:33 AM Reply to 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 There was a BBC comedy/drama made about this in the 1981 called Private Schulz, starring Michael Elphich and Ian Richardson. Can be bought on DVD. Permalink 2
eponymousanonymous19 t1_ir8s9eg wrote
Reply to 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
There was a BBC comedy/drama made about this in the 1981 called Private Schulz, starring Michael Elphich and Ian Richardson. Can be bought on DVD.