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War against the potato beetle

 * ... that during the Cold War, Warsaw Pact countries carried out a propaganda operation known as the War against the potato beetle?

Created by Volunteer Marek (talk). Nominated by Piotrus (talk) at 09:24, 31 October 2013 (UTC).


 * Can add image of the beetle (there's also a bunch of photographs from East Germany showing workers eradicating the beetle):



Some possible ALT hooks:


 * ALT1: ... that during the 1950s War against the potato beetle communist propaganda accused "US imperialists" of dropping the bugs (pictured) on East Germany and Poland and compared them to small atomic bombs?
 * ALT2: ... that during the 1950s, War against the potato beetle communist propaganda depicted red and white striped bugs (potato beetle pictured) dropped by "US imperialists" marching across East Germany?


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Going with ALT2. New enough and long enough. Hook sourced to a book but page 136 not available to me. Image is in the public domain. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:26, 8 November 2013 (UTC)