Small Wars Journal

Elon Musk, “Veteran Brain Banks,” and Satellite-Guided Ukrainian “Stay Behind” Units

Thu, 04/21/2022 - 8:19pm

Elon Musk, “Veteran Brain Banks,” and Satellite-Guided Ukrainian “Stay Behind” Units

By Chuck de Caro

 

When Winston Churchill thought that Nazi Germany would invade the UK, he selected Major Colin Gubbins to form the secret “Auxiliary Units.”   The Auxiliary Units mission:  Wait for Britain to be over run, and then rise from their underground bunkers and deliver absolute havoc among the German occupiers...forever. 

While the AU boys never got their chance to defend Britain, Gubbins went on to command the Special Operations Executive and used the principles of guerrilla warfare to organize and train partisans behind the German lines.