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'''Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART)''' is a network of British historians.
'''Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART)''' is a network of British historians.
It is named after [[Coleshill, Oxfordshire|Coleshill]] in Oxfordshire where [[Winston Churchill]] had arranged for a group of soldiers to spend their time, developing guerilla war tactics for in the event of a [[Nazi]] invasion of England during World War II. CART are the team researching this army and have put together a national database listing the 3,500 men.<ref>[[BBC History Magazine]], April 2011, p.14</ref>
It is named after [[Coleshill, Oxfordshire|Coleshill]] in Oxfordshire where [[Winston Churchill]] had arranged for a group of soldiers to spend their time, developing guerilla war tactics for in the event of a [[Nazi]] invasion of England during World War II. CART are the national team researching this army and have put together a national database listing the 3,500 men.<ref>[[BBC History Magazine]], April 2011, p.14</ref>

CART is non profit making and has no financial support from any company. It is run by volunteers and is funded by donations.

Conservative MP [[Justin Tomlinson|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Tomlinson]] has said of CART "I fully support CART’s mission to honour their bravery. Their vital work should remain secret no longer."


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official|www.coleshillhouse.com}}
*{{Official|www.coleshillhouse.com}}
[http://Coleshill%20Uncovered%20Project http://www.coleshillhouse.com/coleshilluncovered/]


[[Category:British historians]]
[[Category:British historians]]

Revision as of 10:21, 5 November 2011

Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) is a network of British historians. It is named after Coleshill in Oxfordshire where Winston Churchill had arranged for a group of soldiers to spend their time, developing guerilla war tactics for in the event of a Nazi invasion of England during World War II. CART are the national team researching this army and have put together a national database listing the 3,500 men.[1]

CART is non profit making and has no financial support from any company. It is run by volunteers and is funded by donations.

Conservative MP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Tomlinson has said of CART "I fully support CART’s mission to honour their bravery. Their vital work should remain secret no longer."

References

  1. ^ BBC History Magazine, April 2011, p.14

http://www.coleshillhouse.com/coleshilluncovered/