Operation Cauldron was a series of secret biological warfare trials undertaken by the British government in 1952. Scientists from Porton Down and the Royal Navy were involved in releasing biological agents, including pneumonic and bubonic plague and brucellosis and testing the effects of the agents on caged monkeys and guinea pigs.
Read more about Operation Cauldron: The Tests, Carella Incident
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