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Andrew Chatterton

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Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

So they brought it back under this guy called Lawrence Grant, who started a thing called home defense scheme.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

And he would, he was going out, uh, liberally arming civilians with like weapons and explosives.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

No, it's slightly different.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

So these guys were all going to be secret.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

Sorry.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

So the Home Guard role is basically as the Germans come through your town or village to defend the key points, so like the bridges or the crossroads and things like that, to defend it, to allow the regular army to be able to counterattack, just to kind of slow it down, but to take on the German army face-to-face.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

whereas the auxiliary units was all about clandestine, so coming out at night.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

So they had this home defence scheme thing, and then the army got to know about MI6 doing this stuff, and they were like, what the fuck?

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

You're just giving civilians loads of weapons and explosives.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

We need to shut this down.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

But at the same time, the army were doing something with Peter Fleming, who's the brother of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

Into bondage.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

Correct.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

So they were doing stuff in Kent.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

That's what he said.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

They were doing stuff in Kent and they were like... Sorry, Andrew.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

Yeah.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

So Peter, who may or may not have been in Spondage, he... Probably was.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

Unlikely.

Chatabix
Specialist Guest: WW2 Historian Andrew Chatterton

I mean, like his brother, probably.