The Jackboot Comes Down Hard
After the first weeks of occupation the Germans tighten their grip considerably. Many able-bodied men between 17 and 45, (2 million of them), are
taken to Europe and used for slave labour. The remaining British populace are now much less capable of resisting their conquerors.
Two primary historical documents a
“Black Book” ( Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. *
Special Search List G.B), and the Informationsheft G.B., are compiled by SS official Walter Schellenberg prior to Operation Sealion’s success.
The Black Book targets leading anti- Nazis, Communists, Freemasons, and Jews. Names include Noël Coward, E. M. Forster, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf,
Paul Robeson, Aldous Huxley, Sigmund Freud, and Bertrand Russell.
The capture of individuals on this list is carried out by Einsastzgruppen (SS task forces) led by Dr. Franz Six. They too disappear from Britain and
are never heard of again. Major organizations are extinguished ,including Trade Unions, the Communist Party, the Salvation Army, the YMCA, and even
the Boy Scouts. The Church of England remains but is placed under tight control and surveillance. The British museum, art galleries and other places
of culture are closed and their most valuable of treasures shipped to Germany.
Then the slow targeting, round up and extermination of Jews takes place. First they are identified. Next Jewish citizens are displaced from their
localities; neighbours lose contact and become unaware of their fate. The Jews are first taken to special ‘guarded estates’ sealed off from the
rest of British society. Finally they are moved out of Britain to Eastern Europe to face a chilling “final solution”.
The British don’t go down without a fight and thousands of men and women go ‘underground’ as part of “auxiliary units” (resistance cells).
Prior to the invasion the local police chief would have vetted and personally chosen members of the auxiliaries. Ironically for operatives in these
cells one of their first commands is to assassinate him and prevent members details falling into Nazi hands.
The auxiliary units are provided with a secret cache of explosives, hand held weapons and sniper rifles. They murder and maim both the occupying
forces and anyone seen to be openly collaborating with the Nazi rulers. Heavy retribution is taken with German troops rounding up and executing
friends, families, even whole villages. After 14 days very few resistance cells remain. Most of them have been captured or killed. Often the former
followed the latter. The few that survive have run out of supplies and munitions and their members are on the run. Reinforcements fail to arrive from
the Empire and Britain’s fate is sealed. With Britain on its knees Ireland is next.
Operation Green : The Invasion of Ireland
The Republic of Ireland remained neutral as the Nazis blitzkrieg through Europe intensified. Some high ranking Irish politicians even had Nazi
sympathies . But for Ireland neutrality would not
guarantee it’s safety. A top
secret dossier entitled ‘Militargeographische Angaben uber Irland’ detailed key strategic areas for German occupation.
An alternative plan had been considered. This was to invade Ireland before Operation Sea Lion and thus prevent British Army troops stationed in
Northern Ireland joining the defence of mainland Britain. It would stop Ireland becoming a refuge for escaping British troops and also provide
airfields for the Luftwaffe to suppress northern Britain. However any invasion of Ireland first meant a much trickier navigation round the southern
coast of England with the likely intervention of both the RAF and Royal Navy before forces could reach the Irish coastline. So an invasion of Ireland
is delayed until Operation Sealion (invasion of Britain) succeeds.
Plans for a puppet government in Ireland, and a round up of dissidents are omitted from Operation Green with any further actions depending on the
success of the operation. Irish resistance becomes fiercer than expected boosted by a number of British troops that had fled from the north. However
they were too few to make a difference.
Dublin becomes another German administrative HQ along with 5 regional HQs in Britain. The quiet market town of Bridgnorth in Shropshire surprisingly
becomes a secret Nazi headquarters for both nations with its central location and nearby airbase. A fact never revealed until decades later.
All remaining liberties are slowly squeezed out of the populace of the British and Emerald isles. It does not take long to realize that spies are
everywhere in government, local services, factories, and even education establishments. Speak out and you will disappear overnight, never to be seen
again. The fight on the beaches, on the landing grounds, in the fields and on the streets demanded by Churchill was to no avail.
Britain's surrender was complete.
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