Island of Barbed Wire Internment on the Isle of Man in World War Two. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Robert Hale, 1984
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- Title
- Island of Barbed Wire Internment on the Isle of Man in World War Two
- Author
- Connery Chappell
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0709017464
- ISBN 13
- 9780709017462
- Seller catalogs
- Books > History > Local
At the outbreak of war there were approximately 75,000 people of Germanic origin living in Britain, and Whitehall decided to set up Enemy Alien Tribunals to screen these 'potential security risks'. The entry of Italy into the war almost doubled the workload. The first tribunal in February 1940 considered only 569 cases as high enough risks to warrant internment. The Isle of Man was chosen as the one place sufficiently removed from areas of military importance, but by the end of the year the number of enemy aliens on the island had reached 14,000.
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About the Author
The author, a former editor of Illustrated magazine, lived on the Isle of Man. He died in 1984.
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