The Fifth Column in World War II: Suspected Subversives in the Pacific War and Australia

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.

Author: Robert Loeffel
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/22/2015
Pages: 219
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781137506665

About the Author
Robert Loeffel is Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published on German and Australian contemporary history. His previous book, Family Punishment in Nazi Germany: Sippenhaft, Terror and Fear, was released in 2012.