Renegades Hitler's Englishmen

by Weale, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9780712667647
• ISBN10: 0712667644
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Pimlico

Summary

Contrary to the perception of a staunchly unified Britain in the face of Nazism during WWII, there were many who, for various reasons, turned traitor. At the end of the War, nearly 200 British citizens were under investigation for assisting Nazi Germany. Adrian Weale traces the course of treason from its roots in Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, and includes the first complete account of the British Free Corps - the Waffen-SS unit composed entirely of British subjects.

Author Biography

Adrian Weale studied philosophy at York University before going on to Sandhurst and six years in the British Army, mainly in Military Intelligence.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Illustrations	p. ix
Preface to the Pimlico edition	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Oswald Mosley, William Joyce and Fascism in Britain: The Background to Treason	p. 1
Germany Calling: British Traitors and White Propaganda	p. 21
Black Propaganda: G-Senders and V-Men	p. 37
John Amery: Facing England	p. 47
The Lost Boys: Thomas Cooper and James Brady	p. 63
Our Flag Is Going Forwards Too!	p. 77
John Brown and the Genshagen Experiment	p. 89
Luckenwalde: The Intimidators	p. 104
Fellow Countrymen: The British Free Corps of the Waffen-SS	p. 113
Other Traitors: Other Treasons	p. 133
The British Free Corps in Dresden: The Inferno Approaches	p. 148
The End Game	p. 159
The Reckoning	p. 174
MI5's Report on the British Free Corps dated 27 March 1945	p. 185
Table of Comparative Ranks of the British Army, German Army and the Waffen-SS	p. 194
John Amery's Proclamation of the Legion of St George	p. 196
The Free Indian Legion	p. 199
British Members of the British Free Corps and their Aliases	p. 202
Notes	p. 205
Bibliography and Notes on Sources	p. 209
Index	p. 211
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