3rd Cards. Battalion Home Guard (Cardiganshire)

J. E. Lloyd (Capt., of 3rd Cards. Battalion Home Guard.)

ISBN 10: 1783311479 / ISBN 13: 9781783311477

Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2014

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2015 N & M Press reprint SBPublished Price £11.50 The Home Guard, familiar to us all from the antics of Dadâ s Army on the TV, in fact performed a deadly serious role - guarding infrastructure and communications, and releasing the regular Army for more front-line work. This is one of the Home Guardâ s Unit histories, giving a detailed account of their history - from the Governmentâ s first appeal for volunteers onwards. The Home Guardâ s history stretched from the early anxious days in the summer of 1940 when a German invasion was hourly expected to the preparations for D-Day when the boot was on the Allied foot. It is a story of amateurism transformed into increasing sophistication and better weaponry; and a professional and patriotic dedication to often humdrum duty that united Great War veterans with youths awaiting the call-up to the regular forces. When they were finally disbanded in November 1944 the Home Guard deserved the thanks of a grateful nation that they had truly served and helped to save.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 3rd Cards. Battalion Home Guard (Cardiganshire)
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783311479
• ISBN 13: 9781783311477
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military History

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Synopsis

The Home Guard, familiar to us all from the antics of Dad’s Army on the TV, in fact performed a deadly serious role - guarding infrastructure and communications, and releasing the regular Army for more front-line work. This is one of the Home Guard’s Unit histories, giving a detailed account of their history - from the Government’s first appeal for volunteers onwards. The Home Guard’s history stretched from the early anxious days in the summer of 1940 when a German invasion was hourly expected to the preparations for D-Day when the boot was on the Allied foot. It is a story of amateurism transformed into increasing sophistication and better weaponry; and a professional and patriotic dedication to often humdrum duty that united Great War veterans with youths awaiting the call-up to the regular forces. When they were finally disbanded in November 1944 the Home Guard deserved the thanks of a grateful nation that they had truly served and helped to save.