
Britain's Final Defence
Arming the Home Guard 1940-1944
Dale Clarke(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Published on 18. November 2016
Book
Hardback
978-0-7509-6731-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the 'Spitfire summer' of 1940, all that the 16 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of the Local Defence Volunteers (as the organisation was originally called) wanted was a service rifle for each man, but even that was too much for a country threatened by defeat to provide. Britain's Final Defence is the first book to explore the efforts made to arm the home defence force between 1940 and 1944 and describe the full range of weaponry available for Britain's last stand against invading Axis forces.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, black and white; 40 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-6731-0 (9780750967310)
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DR DALE CLARKE is a serving British Army officer, with more than 35 years' reserve service, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of several studies of weaponry and has worked as an armourer and technical advisor for film and television, including Tomorrow Never Dies. He is a member of the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association, the National Rifle Association, the Ordnance Society and the Military Vehicle Trust.