Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: adrian@cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Help with Cat's Eyes Cunningham Message-ID: <1990Jul11.025544.23858@cbnews.att.com> Date: 11 Jul 90 02:55:44 GMT References: <1990Jul8.053618.8521@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 24 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Adrian Hurt In article <1990Jul8.053618.8521@cbnews.att.com> boebert@SCTC.COM (Earl Boebert) writes: > >Well, it seems I posted an item to a different newsgroup about the >British deception in WWII where they attempted to cover the existence >of airborne radar by putting out news stories that a combination of >testing and lots of carrots had improved their pilot's night vision. It wasn't just the British. The German armoured ship ("pocket battleship") Admiral Scheer had a propaganda journalist on board. As the Scheer went after a merchant ship at night, the journalist asked how they kept contact in the darkness. "Oh, we get an extra ration of carrots", was the reply from one of the officers. If anyone in the crew wondered what the big bedstead at the mast top was, no-one wondered out loud. Source: "Pocket Battleship", by Theodor Krancke and H.J. Brennecke. "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: adrian@uk.ac.hw.cs UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk