Greetings, Thank goodness it never happened, but pill boxes galore appeared, as did underground emergency attack shelters, ammunition was disposed of and explosives and hidden in gardens and churches, obviously no records were kept or the whole exercise would have been in vain. I recall reading of one gentleman in or approaching his nineties who sheepishly informed his local police station that he had a largish ammunition dump in his back garden, and wondered if he was allowed to 'tell yet'. Similarly I read of Winston Churchill brandishing a carving knife over Sunday dinner and announcing that 'everyone present must take at least one with them.' Or the 'still secret' supposedly oil fires off the beaches for the destruction of the invasion barges?? Peter Roger & Jodie Morris wrote: >I'm interested in finding out whether English history reveals what Churchill's 'Fall Back' position was if the Nazis had ever landed ground troops on British soil? > >In Australia during the darkest points of the War in 1942/43, the Australian Government drew a line through Brisbane in SE Queensland, known logically as the 'Brisbane Line' north of which would be evacuated and left to the Japanese had they ever made landfall in northern Australia. > >I assume the British Government had a similar plan when the Nazis held most of Europe across the Channel. > >Would Brits have been evacuated north into Scotland or west into Wales (ironically like most other defeated races throughout English history)? > >Roger >Queensland, Australia. > > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html >This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >
Thanks Peter. Roger. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Monks" <arethusa@shaw.ca> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] British Fall back position during WWII ? > Greetings, > > Thank goodness it never happened, but pill boxes galore appeared, as did > underground emergency attack shelters, ammunition was disposed of and > explosives and hidden in gardens and churches, obviously no records were > kept or the whole exercise would have been in vain. I recall reading of > one gentleman in or approaching his nineties who sheepishly informed his > local police station that he had a largish ammunition dump in his back > garden, and wondered if he was allowed to 'tell yet'. Similarly I read of > Winston Churchill brandishing a carving knife over Sunday dinner and > announcing that 'everyone present must take at least one with them.' Or > the 'still secret' supposedly oil fires off the beaches for the > destruction of the invasion barges?? Peter > > Roger & Jodie Morris wrote: > >>I'm interested in finding out whether English history reveals what >>Churchill's 'Fall Back' position was if the Nazis had ever landed ground >>troops on British soil? >> >>In Australia during the darkest points of the War in 1942/43, the >>Australian Government drew a line through Brisbane in SE Queensland, known >>logically as the 'Brisbane Line' north of which would be evacuated and >>left to the Japanese had they ever made landfall in northern Australia. >> >>I assume the British Government had a similar plan when the Nazis held >>most of Europe across the Channel. >>Would Brits have been evacuated north into Scotland or west into Wales >>(ironically like most other defeated races throughout English history)? >> >>Roger >>Queensland, Australia. >> >> >> >>==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html >>This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, >>subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. >>Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what >>country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give >>dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For >>example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an > international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor > was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help > you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are > referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >
TO All who may read this click here http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/winston_churchill_speech_fight_them_on_beaches.htm Paul Hinkle US WW2 vet ---- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Monks" To: Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] British Fall back position during WWII ? > Greetings, > > Thank goodness it never happened, but pill boxes galore appeared, as did > underground emergency attack shelters, ammunition was disposed of and > explosives and hidden in gardens and churches, obviously no records were > kept or the whole exercise would have been in vain. I recall reading of > one gentleman in or approaching his nineties who sheepishly informed his > local police station that he had a largish ammunition dump in his back > garden, and wondered if he was allowed to 'tell yet'. Similarly I read of > Winston Churchill brandishing a carving knife over Sunday dinner and > announcing that 'everyone present must take at least one with them.' Or > the 'still secret' supposedly oil fires off the beaches for the > destruction of the invasion barges?? Peter > > Roger & Jodie Morris wrote: > >>I'm interested in finding out whether English history reveals what >>Churchill's 'Fall Back' position was if the Nazis had ever landed ground >>troops on British soil? >> >>In Australia during the darkest points of the War in 1942/43, the >>Australian Government drew a line through Brisbane in SE Queensland, known >>logically as the 'Brisbane Line' north of which would be evacuated and >>left to the Japanese had they ever made landfall in northern Australia. >> >>I assume the British Government had a similar plan when the Nazis held >>most of Europe across the Channel. >>Would Brits have been evacuated north into Scotland or west into Wales >>(ironically like most other defeated races throughout English history)? >> >>Roger >>Queensland, Australia. >> >> >> >>==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html >>This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, >>subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. >>Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what >>country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give >>dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For >>example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an > international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor > was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help > you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are > referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.