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These accusations were never proven, and modern research has shown that it is more likely that the insect arrived by other means. [1] The world did not experience large-scale entomological warfare until World War II; Japanese attacks in China were the only verified instance of BW or EW during the war. [1]
During World War II, the U.S. and Canada secretly investigated the use of rinderpest, a highly lethal disease of cattle, as a bioweapon. [ 91 ] [ 93 ] In the 1980s Soviet Ministry of Agriculture had successfully developed variants of foot-and-mouth disease , and rinderpest against cows, African swine fever for pigs, and psittacosis for chickens.
[136] Latterly in the war, there were a significant number of all-Mosquito raids on big German cities involving up to 100 or more aircraft. On the night of 20/21 February 1945, for example, Mosquitoes of No. 8 Group mounted the first of 36 consecutive night raids on Berlin.
DDT was used in the second half of World War II to limit the spread of the insect-borne ... in many countries. In 2015, there were 214 ... World War II, DDT was ...
East German Young Pioneers during the War against the potato beetle. The boy on the left, Bodo, set a record for most beetles collected in one day, 2000. The girl on the right, Magdalena, managed 800 specimens. After World War II, nearly half of all potato fields in the Soviet-occupied zone were infested by the beetle by 1950.
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Power was by two 1,635 hp Merlin 25's. With a full fuel load its range was 3,600 miles at a speed of 300 mph. It could reach 425 mph (684 km/h), placing it among the fastest piston-engined aircraft of World War II. [59] Tested in Britain in April–May 1945, it was then flown to India, establishing a new record time for the flight.
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