The Allied’s love of coffee was to be exploited by Hitler
The declassification of certain documents has revealed some unexpected information about Hitler. What diabolical plans did the Nazis think up? It transpires that as the Second World War drew to its close, the dictator hatched up ever-frantic strategies to overcome the Allied forces. Adolf Hitler and his henchmen considered several plans including poisoning the leaders of their enemies. The intention was to put this poison into favourite edible treats and drinks of the Nazi enemy, such as chocolate, coffee and whisky.
Why has this information suddenly come to light? A national newspaper has revealed that the MI5 files have been published at the National Archives. The MI5 is the UK defensive security intelligence agency. The documents were originally created to record information which was disclosed by Nazi agents after they had been caught by the Brits.
The newly released papers also tell us how the Nazis planned to poison the food and drink product. It seems that at the 1944 Berlin conference, those carrying out Nazi orders were told they were allowed to contaminate alcoholic drinks whisky, schnapps and wine with a poison. Foodstuffs could be injected to give a similar effect, such as sausages.
It seems that the Allied leaders were suspicious and as a precaution, did not ingest any of the German offerings. Instead, samples were returned to London for testing.
Of course, as all history students know, these plans were not successful, but were rather the desperate attempts of the Nazis towards the end of the war.