Mosley interned under Regulation 18B
1940 · Event
As Germany overruns France, Mosley and hundreds of British fascists are interned without trial under Defence Regulation 18B; the BUF is banned weeks later.
On these timelines: United Kingdom (combined), England, 1940: Britain's Darkest Hour, Master, World War II
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