A.F.U. Green

The British Home Guard Pocketbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV series Dad's Army. Formed by men not eligible for active service - too old, too young, in reserved occupations vital to the war effort - who were expected to resist a German invasion with any resources they had to hand, the Home Guard is the embodiment of plucky British resolve against the odds. The British Home Guard Pocket-Book evokes this spirit. Written by Brig-Gen Green, commanding 4th battalion, Sussex Home Guard and Training Adviser for the Sussex Zone, this book is based on his experience and, in his own words, 'is the result of my ransacking the dusty pigeon-holes of memory and the condensation of many books, official instructions and writings'. Its tone is informal and colloquial: 'March discipline. Troops will always march off the parade ground at the Slope. As soon as this has been done the order "March at Ease" should be given. When marching at ease the rifle may be carried in any way a soldier fancies.' Nevertheless, the book is full of sound advice on training, organisation and discipline, fire arms, reconnaissance and field engineering, the responsibilities of the Group Pigeon Officer, the proper position to adopt for surviving a dive bomb attack, and how to set a trap for an unwary advancing German cyclist!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 127mm x 187mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781472835581
• ISBN-10: 1472835581
• Artikelnr.: 55200789

Autorenporträt

Brigadier-General A.F.U. Green served during the Second World War as commanding officer, 4th battalion of the Sussex Home Guard. He also held the post of Training Advisor for the Sussex Zone, and it is his expertise that forms the basis of this unique pocket-book.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introductory Note Introduction I (a) Rôle
(B) Object
(C) Notes on Discipline II Organization. (A) Higher
(B) The Battalion
(C) The Platoon III (A) Training (General)
(B) Leadership
(C) Orders IV Rifles. (A) The Rifle
(B) Grenade Discharger
(C) Browning Automatic Rifle
(D) Firearm Certificates V (A) Elementary Drill
(B) Platoon Training
(C) Battle Drill VI (A) Musketry
(B) Notes
(C) Rifle and Range Discipline VII Artillery. (A) Ordnance
(B) Indirect Fire VIII Simple Tactics. (A) Reconnaissance
(B) Patrols
(C) Scouts
(D) Local Knowledge IX (A) Maps
(B) The Compass X Field Engineering. (A) Digging
(B) Sandbags
(C) Obstacles
(D) Defence of a Village XI Ammunition and Explosives XII Tanks
Dive Bombers and Parachutists XIII "ATTACK" XIV Communications XV (A) Strategy and Tactics
(B) Tactical Exercises XVI (A) Co-operation with Military
Police and Civil Defence Services
(B) Alarm by Church Bells
(C) Joint Action by Military
H.G.
and Civil Authorities
(D) Combined Exercises XVII Miscellaneous. (A) Office Work
(B) Enrolment
(C)Compensation
(D) Proficiency Tests
(E) H.G. Medical Organization
(F) Demolitions XVIII Envoi Index Picture Credits