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Dads Army

During the war many people were afraid that the Germans might invade Britain. To try and make this as hard as possible the Government set up "Home Defence Battalions". These were groups of men not in the regular army who were expected to protect the country if the invasion did happen. These men were not really well trained and did not have access to as much equipment. Some would have fought in the First World War however, so they did have some idea of what to do.

The Home Guards jobs were to keep a look out for German soldiers, to patrol the streets at night, to prepare defences in their area and to make sure that wartime laws were kept to. The men in the Home Guard would still do their normal jobs aswell.

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