The History Of The Wiltshire Home Guard 1940 45
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The History Of The Wiltshire Home Guard 1940 45
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Author : E. a. MacKay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-18
The History Of The Wiltshire Home Guard 1940 45 written by E. a. MacKay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with History categories.
The History Of The Wiltshire Home Guard
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Author : E. A. Mackay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
The History Of The Wiltshire Home Guard written by E. A. Mackay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Look Duck And Vanish
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Author : Roger Day
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Look Duck And Vanish written by Roger Day and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Home Guard
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Author : S. P. Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1996
The Home Guard written by S. P. Mackenzie and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Great Britain categories.
The extraordinarily popular British television program "Dad's Army" suggests that Britain's Home Guard during the Second World War was home to charming incompetence and lighthearted buffoonery. In 1940, however, the threat of a German invasion of Britain appeared very real. S. P. MacKenzie's detailed and readable history of the Home Guard offers a new perspective on the men who took up the challenge. Despite its popular image of old men and teenagers playing soldiers, the Home Guard, often as large as the wartime army, became an astonishingly strong political force in its own right. Quite literally the people in arms, it proved able to exert a good deal of influence on policy. The Home Guard was never called upon to fulfil its military role, though there was a brief attempt to resurrect it in the 1950s. Since then it has been largely neglected by military historians and there have been few serious examinations of the part it played in the Home Front. This book fills that gap.
The History Of The 45th Warwickshire B Ham Battalion Home Guard
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Author : Anon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03-20
The History Of The 45th Warwickshire B Ham Battalion Home Guard written by Anon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-20 with History categories.
The Home Guard, familiar to us all from the antics of Dad's Army on the TV, in fact performed a deadly serious role - guarding infrastructure and communications, and releasing the regular Army for more front-line work. This is one of the Home Guard's Unit histories, giving a detailed account of their history - from the Government's first appeal for volunteers onwards. The Home Guard's history stretched from the early anxious days in the summer of 1940 when a German invasion was hourly expected to the preparations for D-Day when the boot was on the Allied foot. It is a story of amateurism transformed into increasing sophistication and better weaponry; and a professional and patriotic dedication to often humdrum duty that united Great War veterans with youths awaiting the call-up to the regular forces. When they were finally disbanded in November 1944 the Home Guard deserved the thanks of a grateful nation that they had truly served and helped to save.
The Home Guard In Hertfordshire 1940 1945
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Author : John David Sainsbury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Home Guard In Hertfordshire 1940 1945 written by John David Sainsbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Hertfordshire (England) categories.
In this very detailed account of the Hertfordshire Home Guard, the local picture is set against the background of national developments. Over 130 illustrations also provide a fascinating pictorial history of the force in Hertfordshire. This book shows that there was much more to the Home Guard than the BBC's Dad's Army would have us believe.
The Northamptonshire Home Guard 1940 1945
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Author : B. G. Holloway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
The Northamptonshire Home Guard 1940 1945 written by B. G. Holloway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Story Of The First Berkshire Abingdon Battalion Home Guard
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Author : None
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-18
The Story Of The First Berkshire Abingdon Battalion Home Guard written by None and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with History categories.
An Illustrated History Of The Home Guard
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Author : Arthur Cook
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
An Illustrated History Of The Home Guard written by Arthur Cook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Arthur Cook presents the history of the Home Guard, the reserve army of old men and boys raised during the Second World War to fight the Nazi threat.
The People S Army
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Author : Brian D. Osborne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The People S Army written by Brian D. Osborne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Based on contemporary archive materials and personal accounts, Brian Osborne examines the human story of the Home Guard in Scotland and the impact that this remarkable organization had on society and on those that became involved with it. The Home Guard, and its forerunner the Local Defence Volunteers, was genuinely a 'people's army' with its own ethos, character and political influence. At its peak nearly 2 million men were enrolled, trained and served without pay in their own time and, usually, after a full day's work at the civilian occupation. The Home Guard played a vital part in the defense of the country from 1940-1944, but despite its significance the story of the Home Guard in Scotland has never before been fully told - from Shetland to Galloway, Scottish Home Guardsmen fulfilled a wide range of roles far beyond the popular image of the 'Dad's Army' of general service infantry battalions. Horseback patrols in the Borders, armored trains, anti-aircraft gunners at factories throughout Scotland, anti-aircraft rocket batteries from Aberdeen to Greenock all saw the Home Guard actively engaged in the national struggle.