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The British Home Guard was created in 1940 in response to fears of a German invasion and was disbanded in 1945 after the war ended. But what if the Labour government decided to retain or reraise the organisation after 1945 as a hedge against future threats in the emerging Cold War in a manner similar to the Scandinavian countries?
Obviously this won't have a major effect on history as there's never been a World War Three, but how would such a force be structured and how long would it last and what, if any, effects would it have on the British way of life?
There was a brief revival of the Home Guard idea during the 1980's, when an organisation called the Home Service Force was raised from ex-servicemen and reservists to provide extra security for strategic points in the UK.