Sex hormones to turn Hitler into a woman

AMAZING FACTS

Some have tried to use bombs to neutralize the Fuhrer, others used the least serious weapon, but did not achieve any results. It is now known about yet another bold method of British spies neutralize the man standing behind the German war machine - to give him a female hormones.

Agents planned to add a dose of estrogen in his food to become less aggressive and more like his docile younger sister Paula, who worked as a secretary. "Spies working for the British, were close enough to Hitler, so he had access to food," - says Professor Brian Ford (Brian Ford), who revealed the plot. He explained that estrogen was chosen because it has no taste and has a slow and subtle effect, so when testing food Hitler he would not reveal.

Speaking about the scheme, plan, Professor Ford, science writer and researcher of the University of Cardiff, said: "The Allies had a plan, they hoped that they could be added to food Fuhrer estrogen, which in turn would lead to a significant change in his personality, he would become more feminine and less aggressive. Research allies in London showed the importance of sex hormones. "

"There were agents who had access to his food, it was quite real," - he continued. As before eating food Fuhrer always tried his tasters, Professor Ford said that just add poison to food was not possible, as a taster died immediately. "Sex hormones - that is another matter."

Paula Hitler was the only one of all his brothers and sisters, who lived to adulthood. She worked as a secretary in Vienna in the 1920s and regularly received financial assistance from his brother until his suicide in 1945. After the war, she was interrogated by US agents, but later she was released and lived a secluded life until his death in 1960.

The plan for the use of estrogen is described in a new book by Professor Ford called "secret weapon: technology, science, and race to victory in World War II" (Secret Weapons: Technology, Science And The Race To Win World War II). He stressed that the idea was only one of many attempts will nullify the war. Among other efforts, he noted disguise bombs in cans for fruit imported into Germany or the dropping of a large number of poisonous snakes on enemy troops.

However, he notes that most bizarre of all was the plan to defeat the giant water wheel full of explosives, which was to be "released" from the Normandy coast. "Despite the fact that the idea has not been realized, for the creation and testing it It took, by today's standards, £ 1 million. " The idea was developed, of course, in the strictest secrecy.

Professor Ford managed to unearth the details of using recently declassified files. Despite the large number of outlandish schemes War, a book that will be published next month, looks at how competition between countries to inspire them to develop new technologies.