10. Operation Cornflakes: Sabotage by Mail
In early 1945, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) initiated Operation Cornflakes, a covert campaign aimed at disseminating anti-Nazi propaganda directly to German citizens. The operation involved airdropping bags of forged, yet correctly addressed, mail near bombed German mail trains. The hope was that the German postal service would inadvertently deliver these propaganda-laden letters to their intended recipients. Despite its ingenuity, the operation’s impact remains a subject of historical debate (historynet.com).
