From the Telegraph:
A Nazi plot to kill Sir Winston Churchill with a bar of exploding chocolate during the Second World War has been revealed in historic papers.
Giving a new meaning to the dessert name “death by chocolate”, Adolf Hitler’s
bomb makers coated explosive devices with a thin layer of rich dark
chocolate, then packaged it in expensive-looking black and gold paper.
The Germans apparently planned to use secret agents working in Britain to
discreetly place the bars - branded as Peters Chocolate - among other luxury
items taken into the dining room used by the War Cabinet during the
conflict.
The lethal slabs of confection were packed with enough explosives to kill
anyone within several metres.
The plot was foiled by British spies who discovered the chocolate was
being made and tipped off one of MI5’s most senior intelligence chiefs, Lord
Victor Rothschild, before the wartime prime minister’s life could be
endangered.
Hat Tip: Kirsten Crippen (kmcripn)
Hat Tip: Kirsten Crippen (kmcripn)
Haha! Janet, if I'd only known this before I wrote De Rigueur Mortis. Priceless!
ReplyDeleteYikes! Death by chocolate just got real!
ReplyDeleteNiki
A truly dastardly use of my fave confection. How dare they !?!?
ReplyDeletePerhaps this inspired the CIA to create the exploding cigars for Fidel.
ReplyDeleteWow. This is one of those plot lines that if you actually tried to use it in a book someone would say you were being too ridiculous. How odd is real life, especially in war time...
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