Then, there is a conspiracy theory saying that Glenn Miller was on a secret mission to overthrow Adolf Hitler. Miller was really good friends with David Niven, actor who had returned to England to help with the war effort. Niven was involved in very top secret activities.
Plus, Miller was staying in Bedford, England, a center for covert operations. It is known that despite tghe war and Nazi attempts to censure Glenn Miller's music, there were still a lot of German youth who were avid followers of American swing and jazz music. Some of these youth were even rounded up and sent to concentration camps.
And, speaking of top secret stuff, German V-1 rockets which rained death and destruction on Britain, were in full swing at this time. The building Miller's orchestra was staying in was hit by one shortly after they left it.
This seems Like the Most-Far-Fetched Possibility. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Monday, July 14, 2014
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