Dave Harrison's comment presents the Home Guard as experienced First World War veterans rather than a militia defined by broomsticks. Alex Clarke endorses the central argument while acknowledging that he has adapted the comment as he reads it. Veterans of the Hundred Days might be less fit for maneuver warfare while retaining experience of small-unit combat from fixed positions. In the proposed invasion scenario, holding each town, village or road junction for a few hours would consume German fuel and ammunition before British regulars counterattacked. The Home Guard's local mission therefore depends on buying time, while the Royal Navy attacks the follow-on supplies crossing the Channel.
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Why the Home Guard could be an effective delay force
A viewer's Home Guard assessment links veteran fixed-position experience with repeated delays that would consume an invader's supplies before regular counterattacks.