UNTIL now it was always thought that no Germans forces engaged in military action on British soil during the Second World War, but a new book claims the Nazis DID once invade our shores  – by raiding an RAF base on the Isle of Wight.

Author Adrian Searle uncovered an account from a German soldier, Dr Dietrich Andernacht, who said he was part of a secret operation to steal equipment from the RAF St Lawrence radar station on August 15, 1943.

Nazi commandos allegedly raided a radar station on the Isle of Wight in the Second World War. Here German troops cross the Rhine in a dinghy, one of a series of stereo photographic cards supplied with the book Der Kampf im Westen
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Nazi commandos allegedly raided a radar station on the Isle of Wight in the Second World War. Here German troops cross the Rhine in a dinghy, one of a series of stereo photographic cards supplied with the book Der Kampf im WestenCredit: Getty Images
Nazi commandos allegedly raided the station during the Second World War in a sabotage operation that has been hushed up for more than 70 years, reports the Mail on Sunday.

The new book, written by Searle, casts doubt over the premise that no German forces ever took part in military operations on UK soil during the war.

The author claims that as many as 12 specialised Nazi stormtroopers secretly arrived in U-boats from the Channel Islands – sensationally trying to come ashore in dinghies until they were spotted by British soldiers and engaged in gunfire.