A collection of World War Two Home Guard papers reveals the volunteer force was not "a load of duffers" but highly skilled soldiers, according to a historian. The Home Guard was established in May ...
But in fact they were a combination of World War One and Boer War vets, underage teenagers and fit men in jobs which exempted them from joining up. Papers belonging to Major James Webster, commanding ...
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Real life 'Dad's Army' were actually brilliant fighters and not 'old duffers and amateurs’
The Home Guard ‘Dad’s Army’ were not ‘old duffers and amateurs’ but highly skilled soldiers, new documents show. The Home Guard, established in 1940, was made up of local volunteers who were ...
The Home Guard evolved into a well-equipped and well-trained army of 1.7 million men, according to the Imperial War Museum [Getty] A collection of World War Two Home Guard papers reveals the volunteer ...
Papers belonging to Major James Webster shed light on what sorts of training the men did to halt an expected German invasion DON’T panic! Dad’s Army was actually a well-drilled fighting force, records ...
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