Statements (27)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_organization
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gptkbp:activePeriod |
1940-1944
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gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:General_Sir_Edmund_Ironside
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:culture |
featured in BBC sitcom 'Dad's Army'
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gptkbp:disbanded |
December 1944
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gptkbp:eligibility |
men ineligible for regular military service
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gptkbp:formed |
threat of German invasion
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Home Guard
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gptkbp:members |
volunteers
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gptkbp:nickname |
gptkb:Dad's_Army
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion_preparations
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gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:role |
defense of Britain during World War II
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gptkbp:size |
over 1.5 million members at peak
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gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Territorial_Army
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gptkbp:uniform |
khaki battledress
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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
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