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The home guard a military and political history

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....

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Main Author:	Mackenzie, S. P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford New York Oxford University Press 1995
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Home Guard > History World War, 1939-1945 > War work > Great Britain Militia > Great Britain > History Great Britain > History, military > 20th century Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century
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Call Number :	DA 69 .M33 1995

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