Brit Resistance Model (repost)
"In July 1940 Gubbins recruited about a dozen
regional Captains as Intelligence Officers who would form the backbone
of the newly created Auxiliary Units. Their mission was to find 30 or so
reliable men and issue them with an assortment of explosives, weapons
and vital supplies. These men became known as ‘dump owners’. The IO’s
were to help the ‘dump owners’ to form cells of 5 or 6 men, to train
them in the use of weapons and to provide the cells with some form of
hideout."
A good bit of history regarding the British Resistance program and SOE,
sent in by a reader. What is interesting to note is that this is one of
the few times a resistance group was stood up before it was actually needed. They of course, where never utilized; being as the Germans never took over the British isles.
Food for thought - prior to homefront hostilities, they had a basic
TO&E in place, training programs, safe houses and caches........
Read it all HERE
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