Home Guard

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940-1944
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Sir_Edmund_Ironside
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:culture featured in BBC sitcom 'Dad's Army'
gptkbp:disbanded December 1944
gptkbp:eligibility men ineligible for regular military service
gptkbp:formed threat of German invasion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Home Guard
gptkbp:members volunteers
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Dad's_Army
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion_preparations
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role defense of Britain during World War II
gptkbp:size over 1.5 million members at peak
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Territorial_Army
gptkbp:uniform khaki battledress
gptkbp:weapon rifles
improvised weapons
shotguns
gptkbp:主要职责 local defense
guarding key points
observation and reporting
training for resistance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swedish_Armed_Forces
gptkb:militant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5