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The British Home Guard Pocketbook
Engelsk Hardback
The British Home Guard Pocketbook
Engelsk Hardback

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''The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.''

The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV series Dad''s Army. Formed by men not eligible for active service – too old, too young, in reserved occupations vital to the war effort – who were expected to resist a German invasion with any resources they had to hand, the Home Guard is the embodiment of plucky British resolve against the odds.

The British Home Guard Pocketbook evokes this spirit. Written by Brig-Gen Green, commanding 4th battalion, Sussex Home Guard and Training Adviser for the Sussex Zone, this book is based on his experience and, in his own words, ''is the result of my ransacking the dusty pigeon-holes of memory and the condensation of many books, official instructions and writings''.

Its tone is informal and colloquial: ''March discipline. Troops will always march off the parade ground at the Slope. As soon as this has been done the order "March at Ease" should be given. When marching at ease the rifle may be carried in any way a soldier fancies.''

Nevertheless, the book is full of sound advice on training, organisation and discipline, fire arms, reconnaissance and field engineering, the responsibilities of the Group Pigeon Officer, the proper position to adopt for surviving a dive bomb attack, and how to set a trap for an unwary advancing German cyclist!

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
160
ISBN-13:
9781472835581
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472835581
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
22 mar 2018
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
187mm
Højde:
127mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
22 mar 2018
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge