The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual

Author : Lee Johnson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612007687

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The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual by Lee Johnson Pdf

Excerpts from the many unofficial “manuals” avidly bought by members of the British Home Guard desperate to prepare for invasion during World War II. How would you clear a stoppage on a Bren Gun while in action? What is the most effective way to clear a wood of enemy forces? How best could you counter a landing by enemy airborne forces in your area? What measure can you take to help ensure accurate rifle fire at night? What qualities should you look for when selecting a patrol commander? Just a few of the practical questions posed—and answered—in the selection of publications included in The Home Guard Training Pocket Manual. Numerous manuals and training pamphlets were privately published during World War II to supplement the slim official Home Guard manual produced by the War Office. Covering everything from patrolling, night fighting, drill and small arms proficiency to the legal powers of the Home Guard, these manuals were welcomed by the men of local Home Guard units keen to do everything possible to prepare for possible invasion—when they would be the first line of defense. This pocket manual collates a selection of material from these fascinating publications, often written by serving soldiers and reprinted multiple times due to demand.

Author : John Langdon-Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B308618

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The Home Guard Training Manual by John Langdon-Davies Pdf

Author : Dale Clarke
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750969703

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Britain's Final Defence by Dale Clarke Pdf

Known affectionately as ‘Dad’s Army’, the Home Guard was Britain’s very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the ‘Spitfire summer’ of 1940, all that the 1 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of the Local Defence Volunteers (as the organisation was originally called) wanted was a service rifle for each man, but even that was too much for a country threatened by defeat to provide. Britain’s Final Defence is the first book to explore the efforts made to arm the home defence force between 1940 and 1944 and describe the full range of weaponry available for Britain’s last stand against invading Axis forces.

Author : A.F.U. Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472835574

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The British Home Guard Pocketbook by A.F.U. Green Pdf

'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV series Dad's Army. Formed by men not eligible for active service – too old, too young, in reserved occupations vital to the war effort – who were expected to resist a German invasion with any resources they had to hand, the Home Guard is the embodiment of plucky British resolve against the odds. The British Home Guard Pocket-Book evokes this spirit. Written by Brig-Gen Green, commanding 4th battalion, Sussex Home Guard and Training Adviser for the Sussex Zone, this book is based on his experience and, in his own words, 'is the result of my ransacking the dusty pigeon-holes of memory and the condensation of many books, official instructions and writings'. Its tone is informal and colloquial: 'March discipline. Troops will always march off the parade ground at the Slope. As soon as this has been done the order "March at Ease" should be given. When marching at ease the rifle may be carried in any way a soldier fancies.' Nevertheless, the book is full of sound advice on training, organisation and discipline, fire arms, reconnaissance and field engineering, the responsibilities of the Group Pigeon Officer, the proper position to adopt for surviving a dive bomb attack, and how to set a trap for an unwary advancing German cyclist!

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636240312

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The U.S. Army Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual by Chris McNab Pdf

Pocket manuals bring together a wealth of information from a wide variety of training manuals and tactical documents. Between 1964 and 1975, 2.6 million American personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, of whom an estimated 1–1.6 million actually fought in combat. At the tip of the spear was the infantry, the "grunts" who entered an extraordinary tropical combat zone completely alien to the world they had left behind in the United States. In South Vietnam, and occasionally spilling over into neighboring Laos and Cambodia, they fought a relentless counterinsurgency and conventional war against the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC). The terrain was as challenging as the enemy – soaring mountains or jungle-choked valleys; bleached, sandy coastal zones; major urban centers; riverine districts. Their opponents fought them with relentless and terrible ingenuity with ambushes, booby traps, and mines, then occasionally with full-force offensives on a scale to rival the campaigns of World War II. This pocket manual draws its content not only from essential U.S. military field manuals of the Vietnam era, but also a vast collection of declassified primary documents, including rare after-action reports, intelligence analysis, firsthand accounts, and combat studies. Through these documents the pocket manual provides a deep insight into what it was like for infantry to live, survive, and fight in Vietnam, whether conducting a major airmobile search-and-destroy operation or conducting endless hot and humid small-unit patrols from jungle firebases. The book includes infantry intelligence documents about the NVA and VC threats, plus chapters explaining hard-won lessons about using weaponry, surviving and moving through the jungle, tactical maneuvers, and applications of the ubiquitous helicopter for combat and support.

Author : A.F.U. Green
Publisher : Anova Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1844861066

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The British Home Guard Pocket-Book by A.F.U. Green Pdf

'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, and enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV series Dad's Army. Formed by men not eligible for active service – too old, too young, in reserved occupations vital to the war effort – who were expected to resist a German invasion with any resources they had to hand, the Home Guard is the embodiment of plucky British resolve against the odds. The Home Guard Pocket-Book evokes this spirit. Written by Brig-Gen Green, commanding 4th battalion, Sussex Home Guard and Training Advisor for the Sussex Zone, this book is based on his experience and, in his own words, 'is the result of my ransacking the dusty pigeon-holes of memory and the condensation of many books, official instructions and writings'. Its tone is informal and colloquial, such as: 'March discipline. Troops will always march off the parade ground at the Slope. As soon as this has been done the order "March at Ease" should be given. When marching at ease the rifle may be carried in any way a soldier fancies.' Nevertheless, the book is full of sound advice on training, organisation and discipline, fire arms, reconnaissance and field engineering, the responsibilities of the Group Pigeon Officer, the proper position to adopt for surviving a dive bomb attack, and how to set a trap for an unwary advancing German cyclist!

Author : M. D. Sharma,M.C. Sharma
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Ministerial responsibility
ISBN : 8178357089

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Paramilitary Forces of India by M. D. Sharma,M.C. Sharma Pdf

In today s situation the security and safety of our countrymen is not only into the hands of Indian army and state police but also forces known as Paramilitary Forces. The security of Indian borders and internal matters are being looked after by these brave men working in these Paramilitary Forces including their history, origin, organization, duties and functions, role and future. It also examines the role of these forces in counter-insurgency and also international peacekeeping under UN. Covering all paramilitary organizations of India, this volume provides valuable information to students, researchers and laymen. An excellent book, which will serve as a sound and lively introduction for all, and also will, makes an impressive and substantial contribution to study of Paramilitary Forces of India.

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844863983

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Churchill's Army by Stephen Bull Pdf

Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic war time Prime Minister, is inextricably linked with the victorious British Army of 1939 to 1945. Yet hindsight, propaganda, and the imperative of the defeat of Hitler and Imperial Japan, have led to a tendency to oversimplify the image of Churchill the war leader, and 'his' Army. For whilst Churchill was undeniably a towering statesman, his relations with both the Army and War Office were ambiguous and altered considerably not only with the progress of the Second World War, but over decades. In this comprehensive book, Stephen Bull examines every aspect of the British Army during the Second World War, and considers in detail the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was tested to its limits on many fronts but made an immense contribution to the successful Allied outcome. The book explores the structure of military power from the men who ran it, the Generals to the detail of the regiments they commanded. It looks at the uniforms the soldiers wore and the badges and insignia they bore on their uniforms. The weaponry Churchill's army used is discussed in detail, from small arms including rifles, bayonets, grenades, carbines and machine guns to the massed firepower of the artillery along with the increasing sophistication of tanks and other military vehicles during the period. Finally the role of auxiliary and special forces and their contribution to the campaign is considered. The comprehensive text is enhanced by more than 200 contemporary photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0646094580

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Security guard training manual (Vic.) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Best books
ISBN : UOM:39015082946545

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Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Langdon-Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112068754859

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The Home Guard Training Manual by John Langdon-Davies Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Drill and minor tactics
ISBN : NYPL:33433008514907

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The Home Guard Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Best books
ISBN : NYPL:33433050780638

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Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired, 1941-1945 by British Museum. Department of Printed Books Pdf

Author : Neil Sinclair
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781452132204

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Commando Dad: A Basic Training Manual for the First Three Years of Fatherhood by Neil Sinclair Pdf

An indispensable training manual for new recruits to fatherhood—written by an ex-Commando and dad of three. Commando Dad provides clear and logical advice on all the practicalities of becoming a new father and offers simple, helpful instruction for all obstacles along the way. Neil Sinclair teach prospective fathers, in no-nonsense terms, how to survive the first twenty-four hours; how to Prepare and Plan to Prevent Poor Parental Performance; how to maintain morale in the ranks; how to feed, clothe, transport, and entertain your troops; how to transport the troops successfully on maneuvers; how to increase your “flash to bang” time and “square away” tasks along the way.

Author : Bernard M. Martinage
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06
Category : Police, Private
ISBN : 1500554715

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Security Guard Training Manual by Bernard M. Martinage Pdf

"This ... manual was developed to meet the most stringent standard. It represents over 24-60 hours of study materials. It also includes a legal section that discusses uniform requirements, levels of crime from simple assault to trespassing to felonies, to the use of deadly force ... [T]his manual is used every day in over 20 state-licensed training centers to train pupils around the US"--Page 4 of cover.