Название: The Bedford Triangle: Undercover Operations from England in World War II Автор: Martin W. Bowman
Издательство: Pen and Sword
Год: 2016
Страниц: 256
Язык: английский
Формат: epub, azw3, pdf (conv)
Размер: 10.16 MB
Follow secret operations behind enemy lines in WWII.
The Bedford Triangle portrays the crucial part played by the British Special Operations Executive, the US Army Air Force and the American Office of Strategic Services in operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Milton Ernest Hall, a country house in Bedfordshire used officially as the UK headquarters of the US Army Air Force Service Command, was located at the heart of a network of top secret Allied Radio and propaganda transmitting stations, political warfare units and undercover British and American formations dealing in espionage and subterfuge.
Martin Bowman draws upon revealing first-hand accounts, together with official documentary evidence, to provide tantalizing glimpses of cloak and dagger operations. The author's extensive research has revealed that Allied Secret Service organizations participated in even more unorthodox activities, such as clandestine propaganda and political warfare. He also reveals the truth about what really happened to legendary band leader Glenn Miller.
During the Second World War at least sixty-one ‘safe houses’ were used for agent operations, and there were probably more. Many were located in the immediate vicinity of Harrington and Tempsford. Several, like Holmewood Hall, Gaynes Hall, Farm Hall, Sunnyside House and Brock Hall, were used as holding areas for Special Operations Executive (SOE) and OSS agents. The grounds of some of them were used for storage and training, while the real nature of operations at Finedon Hall can now be revealed. Now, all of these country houses have been added to the ‘Triangle’. Some were known as Area ‘E’, Area ‘H’ and Area ‘O’, and they were used for American covert operations. Others, like Area ‘B’, were actually located in the USA, so where were Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘G’, and possibly others, based? It begs the question: was Milton Ernest Hall one of these? What really did go on there and was it connected with the OSS, SOE, Political Warfare Executive (PWE) and codebreaking operations in the Bedford Triangle? The answers to these questions might eventually solve the Glenn Miller mystery too.
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