The village of Ruddington has been busy over the last few years. They undertook a project to convert land used in the Second World War as a bomb making factory, turning it into a country park. The project was called ‘Bombs to Butterflies’.
The release of secret papers from the Foreign Office indicates that there was also a ‘Butterflies to Bombs’ project! There was a concern in 1938, before the outbreak of war that a number of German military personnel were posing in East Africa as butterfly enthusiasts, whilst their real intent was to spy prior to potential invasion.
From butterflies to bombs and back again. The butterflies win!
The release of secret papers from the Foreign Office indicates that there was also a ‘Butterflies to Bombs’ project! There was a concern in 1938, before the outbreak of war that a number of German military personnel were posing in East Africa as butterfly enthusiasts, whilst their real intent was to spy prior to potential invasion.
From butterflies to bombs and back again. The butterflies win!
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