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Letters reveal a real Dad's Army (UK)

Next summer marks 70 years since the formation of the Local Defence Volunteers - renamed the Home Guard in July 1940 by Winston Churchill.

From starting out as groups of poorly equipped, but enthusiastic, men in May 1940, the organisation was trained and armed to combat a German invasion.

In 1968, the exploits of a fictional unit was first broadcast on the BBC.

Dad's Army ran until 1977 and the series has its own appreciation society.

Hand-written and typed papers held by the North Highland Archive and published online on Highland Council's Am Baile website give an insight into Dad's Army-esque scenarios in Home Guard units in the Highlands.
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