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The Last Ditch: Britain's Resistance Plans Against the Nazis by David Lampe (Hardcover, 2007)
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Few would have escaped oppression. There was to be mass deportation, wholesale appropriations of the countrys agricultural, mineral, and industrial produce, and widespread arrests, as revealed in the notorious Gestapo Arrest List-reprinted here in full.
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Reveals the real Nazi plans to occupy Great Britain Uncovers the secrets of Britain's Resistance organisation Classic, ground-breaking text now back in print Novelists, playwrights and theorists have often toyed with the question of what would have happened if the Germans had occupied Britain in 1940. This compelling study reveals exactly what was intended by both sides. The Last Ditch investigates the German plans and the countermeasures undertaken through the specially formed British Resistance Organisation. German draft decrees reveal the occupation would have been extraordinarily harsh. Few would have escaped oppression. There would have been mass deportation, wholesale appropriations of the country's agricultural, mineral and industrial produce, and widespread arrests, as revealed in the notorious Gestapo Arrest List - reprinted here in full. What would the British have done? During the darkest days after Dunkirk, a clandestine resistance movement, innocuously named the Auxiliary Units, sprang into being. Its function would have been to carry out guerrilla warfare against the Germans. British civilians were trained to spy, sabotage and kill; hide-outs were established; caches of arms and explosives were hidden; and a resistance wireless network was created. Although they never went into action, the resistance was ready and waiting: the last ditch of Britain's defence. So successful was their organisation that they became the model for underground movements all over occupied Europe. In telling this story, Lampe relates one of World War II's best-kept secrets and offers insight into what might have been. After serving with the US Army in Europe during World War II, David Lampe returned to Great Britain as a USAF reservist. Gary Sheffield is Professor of War Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is author of The Somme and the forthcoming Citizen Army.Product Identifiers
PublisherGreen Hill Books
ISBN-139781853677304
eBay Product ID (ePID)89686788
Product Key Features
SubjectGovernment, History
Publication Year2007
Number of Pages252 Pages
Publication NameThe Last Ditch: Britain's Resistance Plans Against the Nazis
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Lampe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height222 mm
Item Width141 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDavid Lampe
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- 11 Jun, 2020
very interesting
I am writing an article on our defences against the German planned invasion of 1940. This book is brilliant and helps build the complete picture. thankyouVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
