What Did You Do During the War?

Reviews / Votes

This well-researched and timely book on the British wartime pro-Nazis lifts the lid on an aspect of our national life that we must all confront, however painful and repulsive the story that is told. Richard Griffiths is the country's top expert in this field, and has topped even his own ground-breaking Fellow Travellers of the Right with this scholarly yet highly readable book.

Andrew Roberts, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK

Once again Richard Griffiths offers a powerful insight into the nature of fascism in Britain. Through careful archival research he shows how fascism was articulated in various ways and in different forums for the duration of World War II. This wide-ranging and often startling book paves the way for scholars to show that British fascism was marked more by continuities than by breaks in the transition from war to postwar.

Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Richard Griffiths seems to me to be presenting the collaborationist or Vichy England that would have emerged in the event of a successful German invasion in 1940. We always need to know about harmful cause-mongering, and it is very valuable to have this example of it.

David Pryce-Jones, Senior Editor of National Review and author of Unity Mitford: A Quest.

"Richard Griffiths' new book is his third go at the pro-Nazi right. His earlier books traced them to 1940; What Did You Do During the War - The Last Throes of the British Pro-Nazi Right 1940-45 does exactly what it says on the cover and does it with remorseless clarity and many fascinating revelations."

Francis Beckett, Third Age Matters

"Another huge contribution to the historiography of British fascism which deserves to be widely read. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the dangers of elite support for extreme right views in the U.K. and a warning of the occasionally fine line between right-wing Conservatism and outright fascism."

Leopold Trepper, Searchlight

"Griffiths' book is full of unexpected revelations on the odd alliances against war with fascist Germany.... His research reveals disturbing level of infiltration and at times overlap of views, of previously bona fide pacifists and pro-Nazis. In today's climate of growing race hate, populist nationalism and neo fascism, it all makes for a sobering read."

Mike Davis, The Chartist This well-researched and timely book on the British wartime pro-Nazis lifts the lid on an aspect of our national life that we must all confront, however painful and repulsive the story that is told. Richard Griffiths is the country's top expert in this field, and has topped even his own ground-breaking Fellow Travellers of the Right with this scholarly yet highly readable book.

Andrew Roberts, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK

Once again Richard Griffiths offers a powerful insight into the nature of fascism in Britain. Through careful archival research he shows how fascism was articulated in various ways and in different forums for the duration of World War II. This wide-ranging and often startling book paves the way for scholars to show that British fascism was marked more by continuities than by breaks in the transition from war to postwar.

Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Richard Griffiths seems to me to be presenting the collaborationist or Vichy England that would have emerged in the event of a successful German invasion in 1940. We always need to know about harmful cause-mongering, and it is very valuable to have this example of it.David Pryce-Jones, Senior Editor of National Review and author of Unity Mitford: A Quest.

"Richard Griffiths' new book is his third go at the pro-Nazi right. His earlier books traced them to 1940; What Did You Do During the War - The Last Throes of the British Pro-Nazi Right 1940-45 does exactly what it says on the cover and does it with remorseless clarity and many fascinating revelations."

Francis Beckett, Third Age Matters

"Another huge contribution to the historiography of British fascism which deserves to be widely read. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the dangers of elite support for extreme right views in the U.K. and a warning of the occasionally fine line between right-wing Conservatism and outright fascism."

Leopold Trepper, Searchlight

"Griffiths' book is full of unexpected revelations on the odd alliances against war with fascist Germany.... His research reveals disturbing level of infiltration and at times overlap of views, of previously bona fide pacifists and pro-Nazis. In today's climate of growing race hate, populist nationalism and neo fascism, it all makes for a sobering read."

Mike Davis, The Chartist