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GUARD MEMORIES AND
INFORMATION - WARWICKSHIRE
BIRMINGHAM
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EXERCISES
SAT/SUN 12th/13th JULY
1941
SAT/SUN 9th/10th AUGUST
1941
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Birmingham was the scene of many defensive
exercises in the course of the war. Sometimes
these were major military exercises involving
attack and defence by huge numbers of regular
troops and Home Guards; others were to test the
readiness of the city's various specialised
services to meet other challenges, especially
that of air raids; or a combination of both.
The documents in this
page are a few of those issued by the City of
Birmingham Public Health Department to those
medical personnel who were involved in two such
major exercises which simulated an attack on the
city by enemy ground and aerial forces. They
give a hint of the overall effort by many other
services including the Home Guard, none of whose
detailed correspondence has so far come to
light. These vast exercises took place
throughout the city over the weekends of
12th/13th July and 9th/10th August 1941. Some of
the lessons learned in the former were no doubt
incorporated in the latter.
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exercise duly took place and a letter of
appreciation from the Lord Mayor was
published a day or two later..... |
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the conclusion of that exercise, there
was no let-up....... |
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