This detailed yet accessible historical study documents Britain’s resistance to Nazi occupation, with special focus on the creation of secret organizations known as The Auxiliary Units, as well as the conflict between Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service and the War Office and their debates over arming citizens and guerilla warfare. Going against current scholarly opinion, the author argues that The Auxiliary Units were intended as a short-term guerrilla force, and further argues that the Special Duties Branch of The Auxiliary Units was intended to spy on the British public. The book relies on primary source documents and includes b&w historical photos, documents, and posters.

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When Winston Churchill made his "we will never surrender" speech he spoke of fighting in many spheres of operation. What he knew but most people didn't, was the network of underground defences - literal and metaphorical - already in place. Many subterranean bolt holes still remain which were to be hiding places for guerrilla warfare. Everyone knows about the Home Guard but what about the other Secret Intelligence Services (SIS and M16)? You can read about them in Fighting Nazi Occupation

This England, Summer 2016

'This book adds extra dimensions to a topic which has been increasingly publicised in recent years.'

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