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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
In a never-ending search for oddball or little know units, how about this one?
The 201, 202 and 203 Battalions, The Home Guard Auxiliary.
Unlike the rest of the Home Guard (UK WWII), these three battalions were covering formations for a series of stay-behind units. Formed into patrols ranging in size from 4-10 men and provided with a carefully camouflaged underground bunker, their mission was to wait for the German invasion, and then conduct sabotage missions once the front lines had passed them by.
Equipment wise, these patrols had first calim on any new weapons. At a time when the Royal Army couldn't get their hands on a Thompson, the patrols often had 2-3 on hand as well as a selection of pistols and rifles and a rather impressive amount of demolition material.
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The actor Anthony Quail was an intelligence officer in such a unit. There was a good documentary on them on Discovery a couple of years ago, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it.