Chug's 'what if' scenario looks as if it will run and run! Now, what if the Germans had been able to drop poison gas on the invasion beaches in the run-up to D-Day? The Daily Mail is running a very well-researched series on how this could have been accomplished:
Nazis killed 40,000 on Alderney 'chemical weapons' island | Daily Mail Online
Having visited Alderney on several occasions, I was fascinated by its wartime fortifications which are still far more formidable than those on Jersey and Guernsey. The Germans even built a railway to haul materials from the harbour to construction areas. Even then I wondered why, so for me this story has the ring of truth.
Wandering the coastal paths one cannot miss the heavy flak positions, machine-gun posts and bunkers built into residents' houses, while concrete ducts criss-cross many open areas. Even before we learned about its grim past, we both remarked on the eerie atmosphere around the Sylt concentration camp. It was the only place on the Channel Islands where the birds did not sing.