On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeiters: Operation Bernhard
Daily BeastWith the recent declassification of hundreds of CIA case files, some strange tales of history have come to light.
The CIA declassified hundreds of files from its in-house journal, Studies in Intelligence, after a successful Freedom of Information Act request from a former employee, resulting in a bonanza of fascinating and downright weird tales from the history of the CIA from the 1970s through the 2000s. Among the hundreds of files, available here, we found this intriguing tale of Nazi plans to destabilize the American and British economies in the final days of the Third Reich.