War against the potato beetle
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war-against-the-potato-beetle-282-12930107
title:
War against the potato beetle
text:
The war against the potato beetle was a campaign launched in Warsaw Pact countries during the Cold War to eradicate the Colorado potato beetle. It was also a propaganda operation that alleged it was introduced into East Germany, the People's Republic of Poland and Communist Czechoslovakia by the United States as a form of entomological warfare. Communist propaganda of the time claimed that the insect was being dropped from parachutes and balloons, with the intent of immiserating the populations
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Pest control campaign in the Warsaw Pact
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle
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date modified:
2024-02-12T18:22:54Z
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