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Revelatory exposé of Britain's nazi acolytes during WWII
From aristocrats to hairdressers, Tim Tate’s book unearths the Hitler followers aiming to undermine the war effort, says TOM KING

Hitler’s British Traitors: The Secret History of Spies, Saboteurs and Fifth Columnists
by Tim Tate
(Icon Books, £25)

IT’S not unheard of for terrible people to hide behind ridiculous names and Dr Leigh Francis Howell Wynne Sackville de Montgomery Vaughan-Henry is no exception.

The celebrated conductor, musician and author was a leading figure in Britain’s so-called fifth column of nazi sympathisers. A diehard fascist and violent anti-semite, his aim in the run-up to the second world war was to expedite Britain’s transformation into a fascist regime under the auspices of the Third Reich.

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