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History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Jack King and the Fifth Column

History's Heroes

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Eric Roberts and the Rise of the British Fashisti Party

In the 1920s, political groups and industrialists often sent spies into each other's organizations. As Roberts began his spying career, British fascism was just getting started. Sir Oswald Mosley had ridiculed fascists while serving as a conservative,. Then an independent, then a Labour MP. He created his own political party, the new party, which quickly took a turn into fascism.

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