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Real Dads Army
Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?" Not Colonel Rodney Foster a platoon commander of the Kent Home Guard. "Dads Army" the iconic comedy series is as well-known today as it was forty years ago. But the reality of life in the Home Guard was often very different. Living directly beneath "The Battle of Britain" on the Kent coast Colonel Rodney Foster who illegally kept a diary every day of the War commanded a company of men in the face of constant aerial bombardment and the ever-present threat of death from above - the Home Guard were the first barrier to Hitlers crack parachutists. Writing from the village hall abandoned barns churches and makeshift officers messes he records with a unique wit and wisdom the everyday details of family life during the war: the
domestic routine dogged by air raid warnings; the antics of soldiers stationed nearby taking every chance to improve their lot; and the quiet strength of a small community faced with great adversity."
domestic routine dogged by air raid warnings; the antics of soldiers stationed nearby taking every chance to improve their lot; and the quiet strength of a small community faced with great adversity."
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