Battle of Cable Street
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The Battle of Cable Street was a series of clashes that took place at several locations in the East End of London on Sunday 4 October 1936.
Commemorative plaque at Dock Street, close to the Fascist's Tower Hill muster point.
Benito Mussolini and Oswald Mosley. The BUF was funded by Mussolini and also later by Hitler.
Black House in Chelsea was the barracks of the Fascist Defence Force, and for a time the BUF HQ.
The Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, declined requests to ban the BUF march.
Oswald Mosley
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Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, was a British politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was the Member of Par
Battle of Cable Street
…series of clashes that took place at several locations in the East End of London on Sunday 4 October 1936. The British Union of Fascists (BUF), led by Oswald Mosley, announced a march to celebrate the fourth anniversary of their organisation. The BUF had become increasingly antisemitic, so their decision to march…
Mosley, c. 1934
Mosley in officer uniform
Oswald Mosley and Lady Cynthia Curzon on their wedding day, 11 May 1920
Portrait of Oswald Mosley by Glyn Philpot, 1925