the timboucher experience

Just came across an interesting bit of WWII history that I’d never seen before. Apparently, the British government drafted a plan of what to do in case Britain was successfully invaded by the Germans. Makes sense, since this was a highly probably event at one point during the war. Specifically, one of the more interesting points in their plan was the Auxiliary Units, or Auxunits. The Auxiliary Units were essentially terrorist cells which were designed to operate behind the German lines and commit sabotage, assassination, and other nefarious activities. Oh wait, they didn’t call that stuff terrorism back then, they called it “resistance movements.” (Incidentally, did you know that mainstream media outlets, such as the LA Times, put out memos last year recommeding that their reporters and writers not use the term “resistance fighters” to describe Iraqis fighting against the American Occupiers, because of the “romantic associations” to WII freedom-fighters.)

One of the coolest things that it says about the British Auxiliary Units is that they were under the supervision of regional officers who, in the event of invasion, were to be assassinated in order to keep the identities of the members he was in charge of a secret. Also, check this out:

Each Patrol [between 4 and 8 men] was a self contained cell, expected to be self sufficient and operationally autonomous in the case of invasion, generally operating within a 15 mile radius. They were provided with a concealed underground Operational Base, usually built by the Royal Engineers in a local woodland, with a camouflaged entrance and emergency escape tunnel; it is thought that 400 to 500 such OBs were constructed. Some Patrols had an additional concealed Observation Post. Patrols were also provided with a selection of the latest weapons including a silenced sniper’s rifle and Fairbairn-Sykes “commando” knives, quantities of plastic explosive, incendiary devices, and food to last for two weeks. It was not expected that they would survive for longer. Members expected to be shot if they were captured, and were expected to shoot themselves first.

The Nazis also put together a loose force in this same style when it became clear they would loose the war. They were known as the Wehrwolf. They had some prominent attacks, assassinations and other events which they pulled off against Allied forces, but never amounted to a very sizable resistance movement. Also, apparently plans had been made to create companies whose profits would be funneled to the Wehrwolf long after the war was over. These companies were eventually discovered and shut down though.

In conclusion, I would like to bring up (again) the excellent Patrick Swayze movie, Red Dawn, in which Soviets invade the US, and a band of students form a resistance/terrorist movement to fight them, calling themselves the Wolverines after their highschool football team.

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