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The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual by Lee Johnson

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Excerpts from the many unofficial 'manuals' avidly bought by members of the British Home Guard desperate to prepare for invasion during World War II

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The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual by Lee Johnson

Excerpts from the many unofficial 'manuals' avidly bought by members of the British Home Guard desperate to prepare for invasion during World War II
Lee Johnson has done us a service with this little 'pocket manual', which is effectively an edited selection or anthology, drawing on the work of Langdon-Davies and Brophy, supplemented with material from Barlow and Johnson on small arms, and Kerr on night fightingThe result is a much more readable and enjoyable text, giving us the essentials of the war-that-never-was. * Military History Matters (Editor) 08/08/2019 *
… gives a fantastic insight into the training methods for what was an extremely large proportion of the military in WW2. * Army Rumour Service 05/07/2019 *
Lee Johnson worked for 15 years in military publishing, including a number of years as Managing Editor of Osprey Publishing’s military list before moving into the education sector. He has worked in state education for the past 14 years, the last four as a Deputy Headteacher and Special Educational Needs Coordinator in a West London primary school.
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ISBN 13 9781612007670
ISBN 10 1612007678
Title The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual
Author Lee Johnson
Series Pocket Manual Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Casemate Publishers
Year published 2019-06-27
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.