
Beating the Nazi Invader
Hitler s Spies, Saboteurs and Secrets in Britain 1940
Neil R. Storey(Author)
Pen & Sword Military (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-5267-9723-0 (ISBN)
Description
Beating the Invader is a revealing and disturbing exploration of the darker history of Nazis, spies and Fifth Columnist' saboteurs in Britain and the extensive top secret counter-measures taken before and during the real threat of invasion in 1940.
The author's research describes the Nazi Party organisation in Britain and reveals the existence of the Gestapo headquarters in central London. The reader gains vivid insights into Nazi agents and terrorist cells, the Special Branch and MI5 teams who hunted them and investigated murders believed to have been committed by Third Reich agents on British soil.
Accessing a host of recently de-classified files the book explores the highly classified measures taken for the protection of the Royal Family, national treasures and gold reserves. The British government made extensive plans for the continuation of government in the event of invasion including the creation of all-powerful Regional Commissioners, Black Lists' of suspected collaborators and a British resistance organisation. We also learn of the Nazis' own occupation measures for suborning the population and the infamous Sonderfahndungsliste G.B, the Nazi Special Wanted List'.
The result is a fascinating insight into the measures and actions taken to ensure that Great Britain did not succumb to the gravest threat of enemy invasion and occupation for centuries.
The author's research describes the Nazi Party organisation in Britain and reveals the existence of the Gestapo headquarters in central London. The reader gains vivid insights into Nazi agents and terrorist cells, the Special Branch and MI5 teams who hunted them and investigated murders believed to have been committed by Third Reich agents on British soil.
Accessing a host of recently de-classified files the book explores the highly classified measures taken for the protection of the Royal Family, national treasures and gold reserves. The British government made extensive plans for the continuation of government in the event of invasion including the creation of all-powerful Regional Commissioners, Black Lists' of suspected collaborators and a British resistance organisation. We also learn of the Nazis' own occupation measures for suborning the population and the infamous Sonderfahndungsliste G.B, the Nazi Special Wanted List'.
The result is a fascinating insight into the measures and actions taken to ensure that Great Britain did not succumb to the gravest threat of enemy invasion and occupation for centuries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Illustrations
150-200 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5267-9723-0 (9781526797230)
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12/2020
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Person
NEIL R STOREY is an award-winning historian and author. A graduate of the University of East Anglia, he lectures widely on 20th Century history and has assembled a fine collection of original First and Second World War images.
His published works include The British Soldier of the Second World War, Women in the Second World War and The Home Front in World War Two. The King's Men: The Sandringham Company and Norfolk Regiment Territorial Battalions 1914 -1918 is published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd.
Neil appears on numerous television and radio programmes as a guest expert including BBC's Who Do You Think You Are.
His published works include The British Soldier of the Second World War, Women in the Second World War and The Home Front in World War Two. The King's Men: The Sandringham Company and Norfolk Regiment Territorial Battalions 1914 -1918 is published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd.
Neil appears on numerous television and radio programmes as a guest expert including BBC's Who Do You Think You Are.