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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
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.
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Time Team (UK archaeological TV show) found one of their camouflaged bunkers in a London backyard in 2009 (near Shooters Hill). Apparently there's almost no records of their existence. Also, it was stated that the members of these units had orders to assassinate their recruiters as their first order of business should the Germans take control of Britain to eliminate their ability to identify them.
Life expectancy was about 2 weeks - if they were lucky.
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