The World at War<p>Men from the 8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Army) take a break from a training exercise - England 1939. They would later form part of first, the LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) and finally from 1940, the Home Guard <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ww2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldwar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldwar2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ldv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ldv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/localdefencevolunteerforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localdefencevolunteerforce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>england</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greatbritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greatbritain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeguard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dadsarmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dadsarmy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerritorialArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerritorialArmy</span></a></p>