The Fifth Column in World War II [electronic resource] : Suspected Subversives in the Pacific War and Australia /
Loeffel, Robert.author.
Alarming levels of fear and suspicion developed in Australia following the German victories in Europe of 1940. It was believed the Nazis had prepared an army of subversives a Fifth Column to undermine the war effort. These suspicions plagued the Australian home front for much of the war.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alarming levels of fear and suspicion developed in Australia following the German victories in Europe of 1940. It was believed the Nazis had prepared an army of subversives a Fifth Column to undermine the war effort. These suspicions plagued the Australian home front for much of the war.
The shape of fear: background to the fifth column scare -- The beginning of the scare: fifth column and Norway -- June 1940: the fifth column triumphant -- The war and the fifth column arrive in Australia -- Australia under attack: the fifth column and the Pacific War -- The myth continues: lingering fears and prejudices.
World War, 1939-1945.
Military history.
World politics.
Islands of the Pacific-History.
History, Modern.
Politics and war.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
History of Military.
Political History.
Australasian History.
Modern History.
Military and Defence Studies.