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The reputation of MI6—fueled by thriller writers even then—might have been fearsome, but the reality did not always match up. Brainpower was often lacking, as the emphasis was on a kind of schoolboy cunning... One report in 1940 suggested German troops in Norway were training to swim ashore wearing green watertight suits and had been heard practicing on Scottish bagpipes.
— Oct 27, 2018 09:33AM
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It is tempting to see the world of pigeons through rose-tinted spectacles as a wonderfully British story of eccentrics who all somehow managed to pull together in the war effort. Tempting, but not true. The reality is that the pigeon world was filled with the kind of petty bureaucratic and personal rivalries that festered even at a time of national crisis.
— Nov 06, 2018 02:55PM
J.S.
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The reputation of MI6—fueled by thriller writers even then—might have been fearsome, but the reality did not always match up. Brainpower was often lacking, as the emphasis was on a kind of schoolboy cunning... One report in 1940 suggested German troops in Norway were training to swim ashore wearing green watertight suits and had been heard practicing on Scottish bagpipes.
— Oct 27, 2018 09:38AM
