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Coleshill and the Secret Army

Coleshill, Oxfordshire

Training ground for Britain's secret resistance army.

In 1940, with a German invasion expected, Britain secretly trained the Auxiliary Units, small groups of local men who would hide in underground bunkers and attack the invaders from behind. Their headquarters was at Coleshill House.

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When
1940–1944
Where
51.6400, -1.6500
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

The house burned down in 1952. The estate is National Trust, with an Auxiliary Unit display.

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