In the States, we had something like the Home Guard: the State Guard. They were volunteers who replaced our National Guard units (I think the British equivalent was the Territorial Army)when they were called to active duty for the duration of the war. But we did have the advantage of being better off in terms of private ownership of firearms, including quite a large number of surplus military weapons from the WWI era.

Last edited by L. Brown; 02/19/14 07:28 PM.