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The '''Home Guard''' was an organisation of part time volunteer soldiers formed to resist any [[German]] invasion of the [[United Kingdom]] during the [[Second World War]]. On 14 May 1940, an appeal was made by the British government for Local Defence Volunteers (LDV); the name of the organisation was changed on 14 August 1940 to the Home Guard. Within a month of the first appeal, three-quarters of a million men had volunteered; by the end of June the figure stood at one million. Recruitment drew on those too old or too young for call-up; those awaiting call-up, and those in essential or 'reserved' occupations. At first there was little spare military equipment available - volunteers wore ad hoc uniforms and drilled with broomsticks - but gradually equipment and training produced a force that was not negligible. Its duties included coastal watch, manning checkpoints, and short-term guarding of captured enemy personnel.
The '''Home Guard''' was an organisation of part-time volunteer soldiers formed to resist any [[German]] invasion of the [[United Kingdom]] during the [[Second World War]]. On 14 May 1940, an appeal was made by the British government for Local Defence Volunteers (LDV); the name of the organisation was changed on 14 August 1940 to the Home Guard. Within a month of the first appeal, three-quarters of a million men had volunteered; by the end of June the figure stood at one million. Recruitment drew on those too old or too young for call-up; those awaiting call-up, and those in essential or 'reserved' occupations. At first there was little spare military equipment available - volunteers wore ad hoc uniforms and drilled with broomsticks - but gradually equipment and training produced a force that was not negligible. Its duties included coastal watch, manning checkpoints, and short-term guarding of captured enemy personnel.
The Home Guard was stood down in December 1944, when the danger of invasion or the landing of raiding parties was deemed over; it was disbanded at the end of 1945.
The Home Guard was stood down in December 1944, when the danger of invasion or the landing of raiding parties was deemed over; it was disbanded at the end of 1945.