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  2. Home Guard (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The Home Guard appears in a scene in the film Hope and Glory (1987) when a unit shoots down a wayward barrage balloon [37] and in the 2003 "War Games" episode of the British detective series Foyle's War, which is set in Hastings during World War II.

  3. Auxiliary Units - Wikipedia

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    The Auxiliary Units, Home Guard Shock Squads [1] or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret quasi military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using irregular warfare in response to a possible invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany. [2]

  4. Home Guard (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    Members of the Home Guard who served for 28 days full-time or 6 months part-time were eligible for the New Zealand War Service Medal. [8] At the peak of its membership, the Home Guard had approximately 119,000–123,000 men.

  5. Ulster Defence Volunteers - Wikipedia

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    The Ulster Defence Volunteers (UDV) and later the Ulster Home Guard were a force recruited by the Government of Northern Ireland to perform the role of the Home Guard in Northern Ireland during World War II. The UDV was recruited following the formation of the Home Guard in Britain around May 1940.

  6. Home guard - Wikipedia

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    A Zemessardze (Latvian National Guardswoman) guards the battalion tactical operations center during the Strong Guard 2016 (Zobens 2016) distinguished visitor's day.. Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense.

  7. American Committee for the Defense of British Homes

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    An early parade of the LDV in July 1940. The committee arose from a desire by the American public to provide private arms for the defense of British homes. [1] Offers had been made to the British Purchasing Commission (BPC), responsible for co-ordinating the British procurement of war supplies in North America, by the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (CDAAA) in early July.