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From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] QOD
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:09:30 -0500

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Miriam

----- Original Message -----
From: <gtowle83@-----.net>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] QOD

> Herb et al.,
>
> There is a fascinating account of the Coventry/Enigma history contained in
> the rigorously documented book "Bodyguard of Lies" by Anthony Cave Brown.
> Churchill felt that the truth about the enemy was of such great importance
> in wartime that it (truth) had to be cloaked in a bodyguard of lies to
> ensure that no one except the command structure of the allies was privy to
> the information. The invention & implementation of the Enigma machine by
> the Brits in and of itself was one of the miracles of the 20th century
> IMHO. It is a great read, if you can get a hold of the book. I think it
> may be out of print, though.
>
> Best,
>
> john
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
>> Coventry was, in fact, sacrificed to cover and protect our knowledge of
>> Enigma. Enigma had revealed the Nazi plan to bomb Coventry, and Churchill
>> decided to "let it go" to protect our intelligence advantage in the hope
>> for
>> invasion of the Continent. Why we needed revenge is beyond me. I believe
>> there were ball bearings manufactured near Dresden, and with the
>> notoriously
>> inaccurate bombing techniques, much else was also lost. Those civilians
>> didn't have perfectly clean hands either, as they remained silent about
>> the
>> London bombings, the V1 and V2, the occupation of Poland, and the siege
>> of
>> Stalingrad, among other indecencies.
>> Herb
>>

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