In the UK we watch re-runs of an old popular series called Dads Army which pokes a cynical view at the second world
war Home Guard.
Not exact matches
It calls for a
War in Iraq that might bankrupt the US Treasury, yet it is positioning all its National
Guard away from
home cities?!
The
war hits
home with the deaths of four Kent State students at the hands of the Ohio National
Guard.
World
War II is at its very peak during the 1940s and the
Home Guard at Walmington - on - Sea are about to have an unusually eventful episode.
Dad's Army is an adaptation of the comedy series of the same name from the 1960s and 1970s, following a ragtag group of
Home Guard local defense volunteers as they prepare for an imminent German invasion during World
War II.
It's 1944 and the
war is reaching its climax for Captain Mainwaring (Jones), Sergeant Wilson (Nighy) and the woefully inept
Home Guard platoon of Walmington - on - Sea.
The cast is rounded out by the likes of Sarah Lancashire, Alison Steadman and Catherine Zeta - Jones, who will play a journalist sent to Walmington - on - Sea to interview the
Home Guard as the Second World
War winds down.
As the end of World
War II draws near, the Walmington - on - Sea
Home Guard have to deal with the twin stresses of a female journalist and a German spy.