Operation Bernhard: How the Nazis Nearly Crippled the British Pound

At the end of 1944, a banker working at the Bank of England stared in amazement at her own hand: she held one banknote in one hand and another in the other. They should have had different serial numbers, but they were identical. She immediately passed on her accidental discovery. The Bank of England’s management … Continue reading Operation Bernhard: How the Nazis Nearly Crippled the British Pound