damninteresting.com — Polish doctors during World War 2 fooled Nazis into thinking that there were Typhus outbreaks, by using a harmless bacteria that gave false positives. The Nazis feared that they would contract the disease, and left the area.
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crass22Sep 25, 2006
there is no good wars, all you can do is justify them. iraq isnt justifyable.
apzdsxSep 25, 2006
"... The last good war."Yeah, that war in the middle east right now is a real drag.
Closed AccountSep 25, 2006
Half Polish or more people unite!
jer2eydevil88Sep 25, 2006
Hahahahahhahahhahahhahhahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahhaha.Wow that post was really entertaining. Comparing the need to fight in WWII with our little Iraqi quagmire. You have a very interesting imagination young one.I like your name it kind of signals how much your time is worth.
ubercSep 25, 2006
Glad to see that idea worked a bit better than the screen doors on their submarines.
shrimpcrackersSep 26, 2006
Four: You think the Polish are in on it this time too?Okay maybe not. Despite, I do wish Osama gets it, and I don't mean 72 virgins. Well he'll think it means that, but somehow I'm sure thats not what its like in or if there's an afterlife.Finally, I wonder if there were statues erected for these two doctors? They are absolute heroes.
lamestorySep 26, 2006
now that's some breaking news - thanks, Digg, you're the only news source I need!
dopaminiSep 26, 2006
Probably a blueprint for how the Americans were deceived by 9/11, check out this documentary that details how the Nazis in power completely mystified the American people with how they put a missile into the Pentagon:<a class="user" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501&hl=en">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501&hl=en</a>
spam4janSep 26, 2006
I don't know the accuracy of this article either, but to dismiss all Germans during the war as pure evil is not fair.Many people in the German military were well trained and acted as respectable soldiers, that did their job, killing the enemy, but leaving the civilians alone. There were many instances of the german soldiers treating people better than the soviet soldiers 'liberating' them.I am not in any way trying to gloss over what the Nazi's have done to Jewish and other minority populations, but wanted to point out that not every every 'Nazi' was herding Jews with a pitchfork into train-cars heading for Aushwitz. So to dismiss this story based on that is a disservice to everyone's memory.