BIRMINGHAM “INVADED”
2000 PARACHUTISTS DEFEATED. "RUGBY, July 13. A force of 2000 parachute troops, which “invaded” Birmingham last night, was decisively beaten by the Home Guard, entrusted with tne military defence of the city. In a big-scale exercise, which started with a “severe air-raid,” the Home Guard did excellent work, and prevented the invaders from penetrating even to the industrial belt of the city. Civil defence workers had to deal with about 200 “incidents.” A land attack started in the early hours of the morning, when some 2000 parachutists— actually Allied and Regular Army forces—attacked the city from half a dozen different directions. In the early stages, the invaders were helped by Filch Columnists, who had managed to get through the defenders’ lines, and captured a number of positions, but they were continually meeting new detachments of defenders, and heavy casualties were inflicted on . them. Two companies, which came m with a rush at one point, after seizing a railway station, were “completely annihilated.” —8.0.W.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 July 1941, Page 2
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