- New e book claims Nazi commandos raided the Isle of Wight through the Second World Warfare
- Revelations throw wartime boast no German forces got here to the UK into doubt
- Creator Adrian Searle uncovered an account from a German soldier, Dr Dietrich Andernacht
Nazi commandos raided the Isle of Wight through the Second World Warfare in a sabotage operation that has been hushed up for greater than 70 years, in line with a brand new e book.
The revelations throw into doubt the proud wartime boast that no German forces engaged in energetic navy service ever encroached upon UK soil through the battle.
Creator Adrian Searle uncovered an account from a German soldier, Dr Dietrich Andernacht, who stated he was a part of a secret operation to steal gear from the RAF St Lawrence radar station on August 15, 1943.
German troops crossing the Rhine in a dinghy, considered one of a sequence of stereo photographic playing cards provided with the e book Der Kampf im Westen
Mr Searle claims as much as 12 extremely educated Germans had been transported in U-boats from the Channel Islands. They got here ashore in dinghies however had been noticed and had been then concerned in a gun battle with British troopers.
He advised The Mail on Sunday: 'The Germans had a comparatively simple crossing however I feel they had been shocked to be met by common British troopers moderately than the Dwelling Guard. It's unclear whether or not any British troopers had been killed or wounded. This incident was wiped from the warfare historical past inside hours of it happening, with witnesses made to signal the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
'It's time for the Authorities to return clear. This incident must be added to Britain's wartime story.'
It's understood that the raiding occasion gained entry to the radar station and searched the constructing for cathode-ray direction-finding gear. Log books from the time stored by the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) service observe: 'Particular Report, police report two dinghies filled with Germans within the sea. Seen at 02.18hrs, reported to police via Navy.'
Woody Bay, Isle of Wight, with the radar pylons of RAF St Lawrence on the cliff high
Derek Kent, a teenage dispatch rider for the ARP on the time, additionally advised how rapidly the 'cover-up' started. He stated: 'We heard about it after we had been despatched to the realm. They stated the Germans had been noticed out to sea off St Lawrence. Only a day later a person wearing a go well with got here right down to see us and I used to be requested to signal the Official Secrets and techniques Act.'
The 'raid on the radar' will not be talked about in official British or German warfare diaries. In line with Mr Searle, British intelligence officers went via German navy data after the warfare to 'weed' out something doubtlessly embarrassing to the UK.
- Churchill's Final Wartime Secret, by Adrian Searle, is revealed by Pen & Sword Army at £19.99.
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