Between May 1940 and the summer of 1941 the British
people expected a German invasion that, had it
succeeded, would have enslaved them into the Nazis'
racist war. This period saw an unparalleled effort to
prepare the defence of the UK against invasion.
Scotland's nationally important heavy industries, vital
Royal Navy bases, and one of the UK's key ports, were
very vulnerable to the sort of airborne attack that had
devastated the defences of Belgium. Everyone was certain
that a Fifth Column of Nazi sympathisers and agents was
working actively to spread rumours and despair, and to
aid the invasion forces, and in reality the country was
far from united. Although the 1939 - 45 War is the most
written-about war in history there is no account of the
heroic efforts made in those months to prepare Scotland
for the inevitable invasion, and how the defences were
intended to be used. This book tells that story, against
the wider history of the period and its people, and
describes what was built, and what now survives.
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