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- English
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This WWII history exposes a shocking episode of treason among the highest levels of British leadership in a conspiracy with Nazi High Command.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, a number of Fascist groups were active in Britain, all plotting to overthrow the British government. When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, he had the leaders of these groups arrested, including Member of Parliament Archibald Ramsey. When these men were released years later, they were just as determined to install a fascist government in Britain—and all the more embittered toward Churchill.
In the autumn of 1944, Adolf Hitler's military gains were eroding across the map. In a desperate plan to avoid total defeat, he sought the simultaneous assassination of both Churchill and Eisenhower. This was the opportunity Ramsay and his cohorts had been waiting for. They planned a massive outbreak of British POW camps, the seizure of tanks and armored vehicles, and an advance on London. Ramsey himself would be perfectly placed to aid the coup—within yards of his greatest enemy, Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons.
This is the incredible, disturbing story of how close British Fascists came to impacting the outcome of the Second World War. It is also a comprehensive investigation into the Break Out Plot as it unfolded across Britain: how it came to fruition and how it was quashed, its repercussions and the many little-known stories of escape and recapture which took place throughout the country.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, a number of Fascist groups were active in Britain, all plotting to overthrow the British government. When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, he had the leaders of these groups arrested, including Member of Parliament Archibald Ramsey. When these men were released years later, they were just as determined to install a fascist government in Britain—and all the more embittered toward Churchill.
In the autumn of 1944, Adolf Hitler's military gains were eroding across the map. In a desperate plan to avoid total defeat, he sought the simultaneous assassination of both Churchill and Eisenhower. This was the opportunity Ramsay and his cohorts had been waiting for. They planned a massive outbreak of British POW camps, the seizure of tanks and armored vehicles, and an advance on London. Ramsey himself would be perfectly placed to aid the coup—within yards of his greatest enemy, Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons.
This is the incredible, disturbing story of how close British Fascists came to impacting the outcome of the Second World War. It is also a comprehensive investigation into the Break Out Plot as it unfolded across Britain: how it came to fruition and how it was quashed, its repercussions and the many little-known stories of escape and recapture which took place throughout the country.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Plans for the Ardennes and Serchio Offensives
- Chapter 2 Target Churchill
- Chapter 3 Britain Sleeps
- Chapter 4 The Enemy Within
- Chapter 5 Maxwell Knight
- Chapter 6 Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay
- Chapter 7 John Beckett
- Chapter 8 Ben Greene
- Chapter 9 Arnold Spencer Leese
- Chapter 10 Sir Oswald Mosley
- Chapter 11 Yet More British Fascists
- Chapter 12 Theodore Schurch
- Chapter 13 Italian Prisoners of War
- Chapter 14 Colonel Scotland and the London Cage
- Chapter 15 Camp 21 at Comrie
- Chapter 16 Escapers and Accomplices
- Chapter 17 Plans for the Big Break-Out
- Chapter 18 The Two Centres
- Chapter 19 Preparations at Devizes
- Chapter 20 Two Words that Saved Churchill?
- Chapter 21 Investigation and Interrogation
- Chapter 22 The Hangmen Kill
- Chapter 23 The Plot to Kill or Capture Eisenhower
- Chapter 24 Doonfoot
- Chapter 25 Teddesley Hall Camp
- Chapter 26 The Battle of the Bulge
- Chapter 27 The Serchio Offensive and Operation Galia
- Chapter 28 The War Goes On
- Chapter 29 The Hangmen Kill Again
- Chapter 30 The Escape Line to Brazil
- Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
- Appendix German and British Ranks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Plate section