Dad's Army provides a comic image of the Home Guard that this account challenges. Most members are described as men in their forties who had fought in the First World War. They knew the ground around their homes and had experience of sustained combat. The imagined invasion places them in the position of holding an area while wives, children and grandchildren evacuated. Their motivation and local knowledge are central to the assessment of the resistance an invader would encounter.
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The Home Guard's veterans and local knowledge
The Home Guard discussion emphasises experienced men defending familiar places while their families escaped.