The pocket-book makes a good but very unusual read. It provided practical advice for the amateur soldiers that were expected to take on the might of the German army had the invasion taken place. The Home Guard has been subjected to ridicule mainly due to the 'Dad's Army' television series; some of the stereotypes were true, but on the whole the Home Guard increasingly performed as a parallel force to the regular army. The pocket-book 'pulled no punches' in the advice it gave to its members: '...our only excuse for existence is to look out for Germans and to help the military to kill them or - better still - kill them ourselves'.
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