History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Jack King and the Fifth Column
History's Heroes
MI5's Fifth Column Operation
A substantial number of British people wanted to be in a fifth column. MI5 would fool these people into believing they were part of a Nazi spy ring. Marita Perigo was at the top of an invasion list of sympathisers who could be rounded up if German attack occurred.
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