Tag: Home Guard

BlitzSpirit: A glimpse into the everyday bravery of those left defending the home front. The air raid siren wails, a sound so woven into the fabric of 1940s Britain it barely roused Mrs. Higgins from her knitting. But for young Arthur Peterson, just 18 and recently enrolled in the Home Guard, it was a jolt. […]

BlitzSpirit: How veterans of the Great War found themselves unexpectedly on the front lines again in 1939, and what that meant for a nation. The air raid siren wailed, a sound instantly recognisable even to ears that hadn’t heard it since the 1910s. But this wasn’t the Somme. This wasn’t a distant, muddy field. This […]