A medallion hiding deadly blades, lipstick with a secret compass and an exploding rat are among the weapons used by British secret agents which have gone up for sale. The chilling collection, used ...

A CHILLING collection of James Bond-style spy gadgets used in World War Two are up for auction – including an exploding rat. The concealed weapons were used by British secret agents behind enemy lines ...

British intelligence chiefs hoped to wreak havoc with the device which saw dead rodents stuffed with explosives A RARE example of a Second World War bomb made out of a dead rat is expected to make ...

AN INCREDIBLY rare exploding rat that was used by Allied spies in a bizarre bid to destroy German factories in the war has been unearthed. British scientists stuffed dozens of dead rats with ...

USING recently released formerly top secret files from the Public Records Office, SOE Syllabus provides hitherto unseen material to reveal Special Operations Executive training methods during the ...

The idea for the 'exploding' rat - now immortalised as part of the SOE legend - was developed in 1941. The aim was to blow up the enemy's boilers by lying the rat on the coal beside the boiler, with ...

From the cyanide cigarette to the deadly briefcase, the gadgets that Q presents James Bond with in each of the spy films are crucial to his operations. But according to a real-life spy manual, World ...

DURING the Second World War, British troops fought with bravery, skill and a range of inventions. A new book has revealed the more bizarre tactics used by the nation to fool enemy troops and to help ...