Witness History: Archive 2013 - The Battle of the Potato Beetle

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In the summer of 1950, the East German government claimed that American planes were dropping potato beetles over their fields to try and sabotage their crops. But was this the truth.. or just a Cold War rumour? In collaboration with Germany's Memory of the Nation Association, Lucy Burns investigates for Witness.

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Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2013.

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