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Author: F. Pilling Publisher: ISBN: 9781783312634 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 58
Book Description
A pamphlet illustrated with line drawings showing Home Guard recruits how to drill, use weapons, fight in the streets and fields, combat tanks and aircraft, - and, not least, how to kill the enemy at close quarters.
Author: F. Pilling Publisher: ISBN: 9781783312634 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 58
Book Description
A pamphlet illustrated with line drawings showing Home Guard recruits how to drill, use weapons, fight in the streets and fields, combat tanks and aircraft, - and, not least, how to kill the enemy at close quarters.
Author: Barry M. Stentiford Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 9781585441815 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 340
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Since colonial times Americans have used the militia to maintain local order during both war and peacetime. States have intermittently created, maintained, deployed, and disbanded countless militia organizations outside the scope of the better-known National Guard. Barry M. Stentiford tells the story of these militia units--variously called home guards, State Guard, National Guard Reserve, and State Defense Forces. Stentiford traces the evolution of the militia over the past century, demonstrating its transformation from an amalgamation of state militia units into the National Guard, a reserve of the army. Ironically, the very existence of the National Guard made the creation of other militia forces necessary during periods of war. The home guards or State Guard were organized to fill the vacuum left when the National Guard was called up, depriving states of an organized militia that could be mobilized for repelling invasions, suppressing riots, controlling strikes, or guarding the waterfront. Stentiford carefully analyzes the challenges that faced the State Guards as states sought to build their new militia with leftover men and material. He also examines the role of the State Guard: providing relief during and after natural disasters, providing military training for future draftees, and broadening participation in military units during wartime by giving a role to men who, because of their age or occupation, could not join the federal forces. The State Guard gained a new significance in the Cold War, especially as the political unpalatability of a draft and reductions in the size of the full-time military expanded the functions of the National Guard in military policy. Today modern state militias, born to an ancient tradition, must define a role for themselves in a society that increasingly views them as anachronistic. They mut also compete ideologically with so-called unorganized militias for the title of true heir to the American militia tradition.
Author: Campbell McCutcheon Publisher: History Press (SC) ISBN: 9780752444710 Category : Civil defense Languages : en Pages : 240
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An invaluable handbook employed by the ragtag group of men who formed 'Dad's Army' during the Second World War, the Home Guard Manual is as fascinating today as it was vital in 1941.
Author: Lee Johnson Publisher: Casemate Publishers ISBN: 1612007686 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 187
Book Description
Excerpts from the many unofficial “manuals” avidly bought by members of the British Home Guard desperate to prepare for invasion during World War II. How would you clear a stoppage on a Bren Gun while in action? What is the most effective way to clear a wood of enemy forces? How best could you counter a landing by enemy airborne forces in your area? What measure can you take to help ensure accurate rifle fire at night? What qualities should you look for when selecting a patrol commander? Just a few of the practical questions posed—and answered—in the selection of publications included in The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual. Numerous manuals and training pamphlets were privately published during World War II to supplement the slim official Home Guard manual produced by the War Office. Covering everything from patrolling, night fighting, drill and small arms proficiency to the legal powers of the Home Guard, these manuals were welcomed by the men of local Home Guard units keen to do everything possible to prepare for possible invasion—when they would be the first line of defense. This pocket manual collates a selection of material from these fascinating publications, often written by serving soldiers and reprinted multiple times due to demand.
Author: A.F.U. Green Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 184486247X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, and 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 Home Guard Pocket-Book 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, such as: '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!
Author: F. Pilling
Author: F. Pilling
Author: Frederick Pilling
Author: New Zealand. Army. Home Guard. Southland
Author: John Langdon-Davies
Author: Barry M. Stentiford
Author: Campbell McCutcheon
Author: Lee Johnson
Author: John Brophy
Author: United States. Militia Bureau
Author: A.F.U. Green