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Established in 1940 on the orders of Winston Churchill, the British Resistance Organisation was the government’s highly classified response to the threat of imminent invasion following the evacuation of British troops at Dunkirk. ...

The men recruited for operational duties were selected chiefly for their knowledge of the local terrain – farmers, poachers and gamekeepers among them. Having signed the Official Secrets Act, they received intensive training in guerrilla-warfare techniques,...

Sheers goes on to explain that members of these Auxiliary Units recruited throughout Britain were informed that their average life expectancy would be two weeks once the enemy had been engaged...

Jumping Frog wrote:The article said the U.K. had planned 100 guerrilla cells, each one operating a 15 mile radius.

Some foreign power ever invaded the United States, I'd figure most counties could field at least 100 cells since the average county population is 100,000. Given there are 3,077 US Counties, that is a far more formidable picture.

ELB wrote:A movie, Resistance, based on the BRO is coming out. Puts some substance to “we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender”.

Established in 1940 on the orders of Winston Churchill, the British Resistance Organisation was the government’s highly classified response to the threat of imminent invasion following the evacuation of British troops at Dunkirk. ...

The men recruited for operational duties were selected chiefly for their knowledge of the local terrain – farmers, poachers and gamekeepers among them. Having signed the Official Secrets Act, they received intensive training in guerrilla-warfare techniques,...

Sheers goes on to explain that members of these Auxiliary Units recruited throughout Britain were informed that their average life expectancy would be two weeks once the enemy had been engaged...

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VMI77 wrote:
What a sad and rapid descent from Churchill to the Nanny state. Now the Brits can't even defend themselves against thugs and rioters, much less an invading army.

Jumping Frog wrote:The article said the U.K. had planned 100 guerrilla cells, each one operating a 15 mile radius.

Some foreign power ever invaded the United States, I'd figure most counties could field at least 100 cells since the average county population is 100,000. Given there are 3,077 US Counties, that is a far more formidable picture.