An exchange about missing artillery and air support first prompts an explanation of the Home Guard's place within a larger defence. Regular British formations could supply artillery, and the RAF remained available to fight over Britain. Machine-gun shortages were especially acute while equipment lost in France was being replaced. The later clarification is that the viewer meant the German landing force's support, rather than the Home Guard's. Keeping that correction in view prevents the initial reply from becoming a claim that every Home Guard unit possessed its own heavy weapons.
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Placing the Home Guard within Britain's wider defence
The Home Guard could draw on regular forces, while shortages and a later clarification distinguish British support from the German landing force's limitations.