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“In its seven chapters – liberally sprinkled with both contemporary and historic photos – the author takes the reader through the whole wartime story of the Auxillary Units from their inception to their standing down.”
“He places heavy emphasis throughout on the politico/military background and thinking that shaped the rationale behind these little known units. I enjoyed this book and agree with the author that the members of Britain's little known Auxiliary Units deserve to have their contributions to the defence of Britain in the Second World War further highlighted, as this publication does.

Military Modelling Magazine

In its seven chapters – liberally sprinkled with both contemporary and historic photos – the author takes the reader through the whole wartime story of the Auxillary Units from their inception to their standing down.
He places heavy emphasis throughout on the politico/military background and thinking that shaped the rationale behind these little known units.
All of this is most useful in setting the overall context of their story.

Military Modelling Magazine, Fred Ledden

The author has gone to great lengths to seek out surviving members of the Auxiliaries. Mr Ward concludes his book with the thought that the Auxiliaries deserve 'a better epitaph'. It is hard to disagree.

Society of Friends of the National Army Museum

Welcome updated version of Arthur Ward's considerable efforts accompanied by his skill in telling an interesting story.

The Bulletin

Churchill's Secret Defence Army is a throughly enjoyable read and easy to digest. It includes colour photographs of a number of the secret Operational Bases which show just how difficult to find such places would have been.

Britain at War Magazine

I appreciate an informative book and I really like an entertaining read, so a book that encompasses both is a boon. Step up Arthur Ward, a longstanding Airfixianado whose previous works on the small scale world many of us know and love include books I have somewhere in the Barnes library which bring back memories of fingers glued together and kits which never quite turned out how they look on the box lids. Such is Arthur Ward’s descriptive power you are soon sucked into the world he conjures up in this magical book which is revised and re-issued under a new title. He is bursting with facts, people and reminiscences. The stuff bulges out of the pages and pops out of sentences a bit like a kind of history mad loony toons. You will get no complaints from me.

War History Online

‘This is an update of Arthur’s 1997 book “Resisting the Nazi Invader” Arthur informs CART that this version has lots of new photography, a new introduction featuring interviews with CART founder Tom Sykes, Aux writer John Warwicker, and a significantly amended chapter that includes transcripts from interviews with Auxilier Bob Millard.

British Resistance Archive