Item GLAWARS/2/25 - Home Defence Exercise 'Brave Defender'

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GLAWARS/2/25

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Home Defence Exercise 'Brave Defender'

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  • June-August 1985 (Creation)

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1 paper

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Greater London Council

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London South Bank University Archives Centre

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Presscuttings, correspondence and Hansard notes on Exercise 'Brave Defender', which was a 'home defence' exercise that took place from 2-13 September 1985 to give training to the new Home Service Force 9HSF), a volunteer soldier body (likened to 'Dad's Army') whose function would have been to guard 'key points' against the Soviet 'Spetsnaz'.

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  • English

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