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The Home Guard developed into an adaptable force that was capable of a variety of important tasks, but the public perception of the force remains that of ‘Dad’s Army’—bumbling old men re-living their youth, self-important Colonel Blimps, shirkers, spivs and incompetents. Tyneside’s Home Guard units were, by contrast, professional and highly efficient, serving in a wide variety of capacities and manning new, sometimes experimental, equipment. One of the region’s battalions was even awarded the distinction of broadcasting its methods on the BBC. This article seeks to explore the development of the Home Guard on Tyneside, analyse the effectiveness of the force and consider the relationships that the Home Guard had with the local community
Author(s): Armstrong C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Contemporary British History
Year: 2008
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Pages: 21
Print publication date: 01/06/2008
ISSN (print): 1361-9462
ISSN (electronic): 08/020257-22
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13619460701189591
DOI: 10.1080/13619460701189591
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