So, first. A TV show recommendation. If you enjoy detective shows at all, I definitely recommend "Foyle's War." British TV show that basically combines a detective show with World War II England. Hey, crime is way down at least due to all the young men being in the army! And the extreme short-staffedness of the police is an excuse to have women (!!) vaguely sorta involved, shock, horror, along with why Our Heroes are doing so much themselves rather than having lackeys to do it.
One thing about the show is that it has several episodes based off actual incidents from World War II, except somehow all moved to Hastings in order to ruin the cast's day. Even when it doesn't make tons of sense. For instance, one episode involved British testing of anthrax on cattle as part of plans for biowarfare against Germany as well as defense against German efforts. This really happened, but on a remote Scottish island of course, not Hastings. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruinard_Island if you're interested in more.) I mean, nobody would be dumb enough to locate pathogen testing on the mainland, right?
Right?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602857.html"The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report."
