A Little Light Relief
Back in the '70s, there was a NATO 'Paper War' exercise with the scenario of a confrontation with the Warsaw Pact forces. It had got to the stage where a massive airlift of men and materiel from the USA had been 'implemented.' The arriving aircraft and their cargo had to be handled by Germal civilian labour. Some bright spark Staff Officer from Camberley sent an exercise input that the Germans had gone on strike. Within minutes the reply came from German High Command:
"The ringleaders have been shot; the rest of the labour force is back at work with renewed vigour."