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	Home Guard@Everything2.com
		MacKenzie details some of these such as Home Guards asking to see the identity papers of people they had known for years, and the numerous reports of policemen challenged at gunpoint to show identity, sometimes more than once by the same man (this could be part of the Home Guard and police rivalry).
		Many argue that the Home Guard was unable to fulfil its intended role in invasion, highlighting the capability of the German army, it having stormed through Europe, easily overwhelming regular armies with their Blitzkrieg tactics.
		Home Guards were determined and had the necessary resolve to do their duty to the best of their ability.
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		The Home Guard was ordered to find whatever it could to defend itself and occasionally men in the Home Guard were referred to as the 'Broomstick Army', the result of being seen drilling with broomsticks.
		Local Home Guard commanders initially received little guidance from the War Office as to training and it was left to them to develop their own tactics that were relevant to their own locality.
		However, training in the Home Guard was transformed in July 1940 by a veteran of World War One and the Spanish Civil War, Tom Wintringham.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /home_guard.htm (1438 words)

	Article & Book Reviews: The Home Guard
		In The Home Guard: A Military and Political History, he traces the Home Guard from its origins as locally organized militia groups preparing to meet the invader, through its evolution into a component of His Majesty's forces, and its final disbandment at the end of the war.
		The inclusion and official acceptance of the Home Guard was neither immediately nor warmly embraced by all in the Home Guard or in the government.
		Home Guards relished the idea of fighting the Germans and did not quietly accept War Office plans for using the Home Guard for guarding bridges or simply reporting the presence of Germans.
	www.sgaus.org /book_1.htm (1295 words)

	British Home Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Home Guard also served as a cover for the Auxiliary Units, a force of more highly trained volunteer troops that would function as guerilla units if the UK was invaded.
		Additionally, the Home Guard arranged to use church bells as a call-to-arms for the rest of the LDV.
		The Home Guard would most likely have taken heavy casualties, but their role in such a conflict was a brave and significant one, and should not be underrated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Home_Guard (2909 words)

	Home Guard
		The Home Guard was comprised mainly of men who had seen active service in World War I and some who were too young to be in the regular army, or who were in reserved occupations.
		Home Guard Units were groups of usually eight to 15 men that served as defense units in a time of war, located in towns and in both private and public factories, all throughout Sweden.
		The Danish Home Guard (Hjemmeværnet) is a branch of the Danish military, concerned exclusively with the defence of Danish territory.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/81/home-guard.html (1297 words)

	Home Guard
		The public were invited to give their shotguns and pistols to the Home Guard and within a few months over 20,000 weapons were handed in.
		As I was watching yesterday 250 men of the Home Guard take their places for a lecture at the Osterley Park Training School an air-raid siren sounded, and a dozen men with rifles moved to their prearranged positions as a defence unit against low-flying aircraft.
		Home Guard a few nights ago, and used his electric torch to inspect the sandbag defences.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWhomeguard.htm (2966 words)

	BRITISH
		I used to wonder whether the British were oblivious to how this looked to the East Germans, or whether they just liked to rub it in as to who won the war.
		I started to refuse it, but the British Army officer seated opposite me, and with whom I had been chatting, told me not to worry, to consider it "a treat." I made a mental note that I owe the Queen a lunch the next time I see her.
		The British were capable of running their train with fewer people than required for the similar U.S. Army trains.
	home.att.net /~rw.rynerson/british.htm (606 words)

	Chapter III: Preparations for Continental Defense
		In any event, the vital installations that needed guarding were very unevenly distributed geographically, and it was too much to expect that the states at their own expense would assume this responsibility when it would have required such disproportionate degrees of effort on their part.
		After Congress approved the induction of the National Guard in September 1940, the War Department sponsored a bill, passed on 21 October 1940, that permitted a state to raise and maintain substitute forces during peacetime whenever all or a part of its National Guard was in federal service.
		Home Guard not constituted or prepared for such duty day-in and day-out." President Roosevelt sent his letter to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson with a penned note that read: "Harry Stimson-How about this.
	www.history.army.mil /books/wwii/Guard-US/ch3.htm (11527 words)

	At Home Teeth Whitening
		This type of tray will be similar to what you would receive by going to your dentist to have him or her perform the procedure.
		The second type of at home bleaching tray system is what is called a moldable, or “boil and bite” tray kit.
		Home tray bleaching kits can be surprisingly inexpensive, with some available for as little as $30.
	www.teeth-whitening.cc /whitening.html (1187 words)

	Changing of the Guard
		The changing of the guard at the Citadelle of Quebec is a daily tradition that draws visitors from far and near.
		During the ceremony, the off going guard, those soldiers that have been on duty for the past 24 hours, will be relieved by the oncoming guard.
		The guard is numbered into five reliefs, the first of which is escorted off the parade deck to effect the first change of the guards.
	www.usmma.edu /band/news_guard.htm (425 words)

	Guard, British Officers Exchange Views (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He explained how the Guard works for a governor of a state and can be federalized to work for the president during a national emergency.
		In the Air National Guard, members receive pay for duty performed and a retirement check at age 60 based on points accrued over the years in uniform.
		Air Guard members can be called to state active duty at the governor's request for an unlimited amount of time or to federal active duty at the president's request for up to two years per mobilization.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,116045,00.html (557 words)

	Chapter III: Preparations for Continental Defense
		In any event, the vital installations that needed guarding were very unevenly distributed geographically, and it was too much to expect that the states at their own expense would assume this responsibility when it would have required such disproportionate degrees of effort on their part.
		After Congress approved the induction of the National Guard in September 1940, the War Department sponsored a bill, passed on 21 October 1940, that permitted a state to raise and maintain substitute forces during peacetime whenever all or a part of its National Guard was in federal service.
		Home Guard not constituted or prepared for such duty day-in and day-out." President Roosevelt sent his letter to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson with a penned note that read: "Harry Stimson-How about this.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/guard-us/ch3.htm (11527 words)

	British White Cattle Traits
		A BRITISH WHITE bull that was placed on a 140 day test at the University of Missouri gained at the rate of 4.04 pounds per day with a feed efficiency ratio of 5.5 pounds of feed consumed per one pound of gain.
		BRITISH WHITE cattle are easy calving and very rarely need assistance and have an enormously high percentage of live calf drops.
		BRITISH WHITES also incorporate the nursery system of protecting groups of calves by a guard cow while the remainder of the herd grazes.
	www.britishwhite.com /bwtraits.htm (681 words)

	History of the Home Guard
		The Home Guard was formed with the intention of delaying an enemy invasion force for as long as possible and to give the Government and the regular army time to form a front line from which the enemy invasion could be repelled.
		When they were first formed, the Home Guard were expected to fight highly trained, well armed, German troops using nothing but shotguns, air rifles, old hunting rifles, museum pieces, bayonets, knives and pieces of gaspipe with knives or bayonets welded on the end.
		The British infantry rifle of WWI, the.303" SMLE was issued to the Home Guard.
	www.home-guard.org.uk /hg/history.html (438 words)

	Home Guard World War 2
		The Home Guard were volunteers who defended the five thousand miles of Britain coastline in the event of an invasion by Germany.
		Many of the men who joined the Home Guard were those who could not join the regular army because their day time jobs were necessary to keep the country running.
		Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /Homework/war/homeguard.htm (442 words)

	USATODAY.com - New Guard number shows lower Iraq death rate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Later, the Guard said it had misunderstood the question and provided a total only for troops who had gone to Iraq and come home, not for all those who had set foot in Iraq.
		The death rates for Guard and Army Reserve troops are significant because the Pentagon is relying heavily on citizen soldiers to fight the war in Iraq.
		The deaths of 142 Guard soldiers and 59 reservists in Iraq reflect sharply higher deployments to Iraq — relatively few Guard and reserve troops served in Vietnam — and the fact that Guard and reserve troops are taking on some of the most dangerous missions in Iraq, including convoy duty and guarding facilities.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-12-15-guard-deaths_x.htm (544 words)

	Florida National Guard
		As important to the future survival of British Florida as the arrival of the 60th Foot, was the arrival of Thomas Browne, formerly of Augusta, Georgia.
		Except in relatively standard set-piece battles, the British regulars were quite unsuitable for use in scouting activities or rough and tumble backcountry guerrilla warfare that would constitute much of the military activity in Florida during the Revolutionary War.
		One portion of the Rebel army was dispatched to loot the British settlements on Amelia Island.
	www.floridaguard.army.mil /history/British.asp?did=1294 (3041 words)

	staffshomeguardJ5Timeline
		Maj.-Gen. T.R. Eastwood, D.S.O., M.C. is appointed Inspector-General of the Home Guard succeeding Lt.-Gen. Pownall.
		The second anniversary of the Home Guard is marked by a tribute from Churchill in the House of Commons.
		It is confirmed that 438 Home Guards were killed or died of wounds and 557 were wounded as a result of enemy action; a further 768 died from causes attributable to their service and 5633 were admitted to hospital.
	www.staffshomeguard.co.uk /J5GeneralInformatonKeyDates.htm (4440 words)

	CC41 THE HOME FRONT - The Home Guard Association
		The Men of Britain are the founders of The Home Guard Association recognised by the Royal British Legion as the premier veteran group of the Home Guard.
		By bringing the memory of the Home Guard back to life, The Men of Britain are determined that the important role played by these part time soldiers is professionally re-created to educate, inform and remember their sacrifice - over 1200 home guards lost their life in pursuit of the defence of our country.
		The Home Guard Association have successfully campaigned to secure a plot at the Field of Remembrance in Westminster Abbey - here, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh meets veterans and inspects the Association plot on the 9th November 2006.
	www.cc41.net /home-guard-association.html (372 words)

	MLRS Books Limited: Reprints of military history source materials, especially from World War II - Book Store :: British ...
		This is another of the Home Guard pamphlets which were used for training purposes during the Second World War.
		This is the fourth reprint in our Home Guard manual series, and covers aspects of fieldcraft that are not in official army pamphlets of the period,...
		The Regulations for the Home Guard were comprehensive and covered everything from dress and discipline to transport, finance and organisation.
	www.mlrsbooks.co.uk /bookstore/?CatID=106 (370 words)

	Items on display at the National Guard Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 13 Dec 1636, the North, South and East Regiments were organized for the protection of the colony.
		Army National Guard as the 181st and 182d Infantry regiments, the 101st Field Artillery Regiment and the 101st Engineer Battalion.
		Painting depicting the fighting between units of the British Army and Mass.
	www.mass.gov /guard/Museum/Gallery3.htm (136 words)

	BBC - History - The Home Guard and 'Dad's Army'
		In the opening episode of 'Dad's Army', Britain's Home Guard (or rather, as it was called originally, the Local Defence Volunteers - or LDV) was born in broad daylight, on Tuesday 14 May 1940, inside the office of George Mainwaring, the pompous but fiercely patriotic manager of the Walmington-on-Sea branch of Swallow Bank.
		Neither he nor his government had previously shown any enthusiasm for a policy which involved ordinary citizens, fearing imminent invasion, being allowed to take matters into their own hands instead of relying on the orthodox forces of security and public order (namely, the Army and the Police).
		BBC Southern Counties: Memories of the Home Guard
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/british/britain_wwtwo/dads_army_01.shtml (415 words)

	The University of Manchester - School of Arts Histories & Cultures
		Their book, Contesting Home Defence: men, women and the Home Guard in Britain in the Second World War, is to be published by Manchester University Press.
		This construction was contested by an alternative vision emanating from the Left, which attempted to re/define the Home Guard as part of an international popular anti-fascist movement conducted on guerrilla lines.
		The absence of representations of women in the Home Guard means that women trying to construct stories of their home defence experiences have confronted a cultural vacuum.
	www.arts.manchester.ac.uk /subjectareas/history/research/cchw/research/contestinghomedefence (578 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - The Home Guard
		The Home Guard was begun from the outbreak of war as local volunteer units which were formed in several regions, as an unpaid voluntary part-time force organised in county battalions under War Office control.
		The Home Guard was officially disbanded on the 1st November 1944 as the threat of invasion had by that time evapourated.
		After D Day, a lot of Home Guard units were used, on a voluntary basis, and at weekends, to pack various items of ordnance for use by the Army in France.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /homeguard.html (1181 words)

	Militia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition to the CMF, the Volunteer Defence Corps, a volunteer force modeled on the British Home Guard, was formed in 1940 and had a strength of almost 100,000 men across Australia at its peak.
		The British military is controlled by the government of the day, through Parliament, which has access to the resources to maintain a standing army.
		However, successive British governments were able to circumvent the intent of the Bill of Rights through annual continuation notices, and the technical legality of the British Army, in times of peace, still rests on these notices.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Militia (3168 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Britain's Home Guard
		The organisational confusion was gradually overcome and the Home Guard was given a number of roles in the defence of the mainland.
		Most Home Guard weapons were chambered for.30" M1906 (30'06), the US standard rifle ammunition, and were marked with a red band to avoid confusion with.303" weapons.
		In December 1951, amid the fears of the Cold War, the Home Guard was revived as a cadre force, a skeleton organisation of trained men and women to act as the basis for an expansion when required.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A907490 (1944 words)

	The Civil Guard Of Finland
		The Red Guard had no such shortage as Russian garrisons were arming them voluntarily and trainloads of weaponry were transported to them from Russia.
		The Red Guards naturally had Bolshevik-minded Russian soldiers and sailors fighting at their side from the beginning, but their number seems to have been relatively small.
		However, as military training of Red Guards was basically non-existent, Russians often served with them as heavy weapons specialists, training personnel and even as leaders.
	www.mosinnagant.net /finland/TheCivilGuardOfFinland.asp (5431 words)

	D-Day Was Almost a German Holiday
		The British gun laws were enacted because the government did not trust the people, and was afraid of a Bolshevik revolution.
		Expecting a German landing within weeks, the British government has ads placed in American newspapers, begging Americans to send Britons "pistols, rifles, revolvers and shotguns." "British civilians, faced with the threat of invasion, desperately need arms for the defense of their homes" implore the ads.
		When armed British and American civilians helped prevent their countries against tyrannical invasion in 1940 through 1943, the wisdom and foresight of the Founding Fathers was once again confirmed.
	www.davekopel.com /2A/OpEds/D-Day-was-almost-a-German-holiday.htm (869 words)

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