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Glouchester and the Civil War: A City Under Siege

History

Atkin, Malcolm

Laughlin, Wayne

Europe

Sutton Pub Ltd

Norwich: History and Guide

Using contemporary sources, surviving monuments and the evidence of archaeology, this book tells the story of how the life of this Midlands county was affected by the war between 1642 and 1651. Challenging the view that it was 'loyal' to the king, Worcestershire is revealed to have been a moderate and conservative part of England loyal to the status quo, fearful of change and worn out by the continual exactions of a war that few sought or wished to participate in.

The Civil War in Worcestershire

Americas

Atkin, County Archaeologist for Worcestershire, offers a detailed account of the final battle of the English Civil War, in which Oliver Cromwell led his army against the city of Worcester, then Royalist headquarters, in September 1651. At the end the Royalist cause was shattered and Charles II was a fugitive. He uses original sources and quotes extensively from those who took part as soldiers or residents of the occupied city. Rigby contributes drawings. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Cromwell's Crowning Mercy: The Battle of Worcester 1651

The Norwich Survey was established in 1971 to examine and record the city's archaeology. This, part three in the series of reports, looks at five excavations within and around Norwich: Northern Conesford (Cathedral Close), Castle Fee in South Conesford, Westwick (St Benedicts Street), North-east Norwich (Magdalen Street) and the suburb of Heigham. The data from these excavations improve our understanding of changes to the city in the medieval and post-medieval periods.

Excavations in Norwich 1971-8 Part 3 (East Anglian Archaeology Monograph)

Ancient Civilizations

East Anglian Archaeology

British Special Operations in the Second World War: By Stealth and Guile

Pen and Sword Military

Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE and Auxiliary Units

Britain's covert plans for guerrilla warfare and resistance in case of a Nazi invasion during World War II reveal complex strategies and internal conflicts. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE account of Britain's complex plans to fight a secret war in the event of a Nazi invasion. When Winston Churchill made his 'we shall never surrender' speech in 1940 he was speaking in the knowledge that Britain's Secret Intelligence Service had already created a civilian guerrilla organization to oppose any invasion and a separate resistance network to mobilize if the country had been occupied. There then followed a fierce battle between the Secret Intelligence Service and the War Office for the control of guerrilla warfare, and conflicting ideas over the legitimacy of armed civilians. A multi-layered system of secret organizations was the result. The Auxiliary Units are now the best known of these ungentlemanly forces, but in this perceptive new study Malcolm Atkin unravels the considerable mythology that has grown up around them. He explains their origins and how they were never intended as a resistance organization. Instead, the Auxiliary Units patrols were designed as uniformed guerrilla to support an active military campaign, while their Special Duties Branch would spy on the British public as much as any Nazi invader. other Home Guard and army units were also preparing to 'go to ground'. Meanwhile, deep in the shadows, was the real resistance organization known only by its cover as Section VII of SIS - so secret that the first detailed account was not published until 2015, by the present author.

Britain’s Guerrilla Army: Plans for a Secret War 1939-45

When Neville Chamberlain made his famous Peace in Our Time statement in 1938, after the Munich Agreement with Hitler, he may, or may not, have been aware that the new Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service was already making plans to mount an all-out political and sabotage war against Nazi Germany. This was a new form of warfare, encompassing bribery, black propaganda and sabotage by agents described as having no morals or scruples. To the horror of many, it disregarded the conventions of neutrality and was prepared to hit the Nazi state wherever it could do most damage. Malcolm Atkin reveals how Section D's struggle to build a European wide anti-Nazi resistance movement was met with widespread suspicion from government, to the extent of a systematic destruction of its reputation. It was, however, a key pioneer of irregular warfare that led to the formation of the famous Special Operations Executive (SOE). His study is the first in-depth account of it to be published since the release of previously secret documents to the National Archives.

Section D for Destruction: Forerunner of SOE

The Home Guard was formed in 1940 to fight an uncompromising and essentially suicidal campaign that was to buy a few hours grace for the regular forces to regroup after a German invasion. But the Dad’s Army TV series has led to a serious distortion in the perception of the Home Guard and, as Malcolm Atkin reveals in this thought-provoking and meticulously researched book, its image was manipulated from its earliest days. Using official documents, contemporary histories, stories, artwork and poetry, and comparing these with postwar films and histories, he takes a unique perspective. He explores how the myths of the Home Guard arose and were exploited by official propaganda and the wartime and postwar media. He also shows how the strong sense of gallows-humor amongst its volunteers – which fits in with a long tradition of self-deprecating humor in the British army – was taken out of context and became the basis of the TV series. To the Last Man strips back the myths and forensically analyzes how the modern perception has evolved. The result is a new, gritty, sometimes shocking, appreciation of the role that the Home Guard was expected to play in the Second World War.

To the Last Man: The Home Guard in War & Popular Culture

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