Explore what it was like to serve in the British Home Guard during WW2. From its formation in 1940 as the Local Defence Volunteers, this civilian force rapidly grew to defend Britain against potential Nazi invasion. This video delves into the experiences of volunteers from all walks of life, their training, the improvisations they made to protect their country, and the role they played in Britain’s defense.
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My pop and his home guard platoon set up their command post in the Hare&Hounds public house in Sheffield!👍😂
So like PDF from Warhammer 40k
Lazerpig, lazerpig
When do we get your take on this?
They were never tested, so whatever we say is speculative. America had the "Angels" in the Pacific. Late 20s and 30s is somewhat younger than the Home Guard, but they absolutely terrorized the Japanese.
There's no one more riled up than someone seeing an enemy force trying to take your home town. Fair play to those brave citizen soldiers.
Bless'm all.
Thanks to nearly 80 years of budget cuts, the WWII British Home Guard was a more formidable fighting force than today’s British army which excels only at parades and ceremonies but is otherwise militarily useless.
"They don't like it up em"
The majority of British people .they understood the political prospectives of their government, and they loved their kingdom
. theirs governments duty call positively responded 👍🏻 by them .
Great video, especially that from the horses mouth. Loved the commentaries on the WW2 News Films, keeping the dogs out of the field for camouflage training etc.
My father had to perform.home guard duties as well as his railway shift during ww2
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Most of the home guard were ex ww1 vets and taught the so called young uns a thing or two