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"The Bedford Triangle" portrays the crucial part played by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), US Army Air Force (USAAF) and American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during World War Two. Milton Ernest Hall, a country house in Bedfordshire used officially as the UK headquarters of the US Army Airforce 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 tantalising glimpses of the cloak and dagger operations. The author's extensive research has revealed that Allied Secret Service organisations participated in even more unorthodox activities, such as clandestine propaganda and political warfare. He also reveals the truth behind what really happened to legendary band leader Glenn Miller.
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Martin Bowman is a professional historian specialising in the history of the USAAF. He has written many books on the subject, including the USAAF Handbook.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although the book was well researched set the right tone for the period capruring the intensity at the time of the involment of the American air force, the biggest failing was the brevity of the involvement of the RAF Bomber Command and the british involvement in helping and supporting the french resisitance , from the Authers perspective the American involvment played the major role in the last war which is strictly not true.
The book has been written with out any balance, from the perspective of the other parties invovled in meeting the same objective that is winning the war.
The book has been written with out any balance, from the perspective of the other parties invovled in meeting the same objective that is winning the war.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book details some of the more covert activities carried out by the American 8th Air Force during the Second World War. The planes and their crews were mostly based in a triangle of territory touching the British towns of Bedford, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Leicester.
I liked the personal accounts in the book and, also, the photographs of some of the country houses which sheltered operatives and back-up staff of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which led to that often amateur and often bungling British organization being called the "Stately 'Omes of England".
Another interesting aspect of the book is the bit about Glen Miller, the bandleader and temporary USAAF officer, conventionally taken to have been lost over the sea between the UK and continental Europe. Another theory is put forward here.
Worth reading.
I liked the personal accounts in the book and, also, the photographs of some of the country houses which sheltered operatives and back-up staff of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which led to that often amateur and often bungling British organization being called the "Stately 'Omes of England".
Another interesting aspect of the book is the bit about Glen Miller, the bandleader and temporary USAAF officer, conventionally taken to have been lost over the sea between the UK and continental Europe. Another theory is put forward here.
Worth reading.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this on a recommendation from a friend who lives in the area in which it is all set. The basic premis of a 'secret area' of England wet my appetite but I was looking for a lot more. There were lots of references to the 'Carpet-baggers' and their various missions but I found it difficult to find a thread to it all. Finally if you like a conspiracy theory then the last chapter on Glen Miller's disappearance may wet your appetite. Overall, I read it through to the end but it then went onto the book share shelf at work. I will leave it to you to decide what you think of it.
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