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The Story

In the European spring of 1940, after seven months of ‘Phoney War’, the German Wehrmacht invaded and occupied Norway, the Low Countries and France.  Britain feared it would be next.  In May and June 1940, Winston Churchill’s government detained thousands of ‘enemy or dangerous aliens,’ previously determined not to be a risk, in the belief that this would stop any spies among them from forming a ‘fifth column’ in the event of an invasion…

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Upcoming events

Upcoming Events

Tatura event, Sunday 13 April

Please join us at Tatura Museum (49 Hogan Street, Tatura) for our annual Tatura event. Nick Ross, one of Britain’s best-known broadcasters, will be our special guest.

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