The Home Defence Executive (H.D.E.) was formed on 10 May 1940 under General Sir Edmund Ironside, Commander-in-chief Home Forces, to organise the defence of Britain from invasion by the Axis powers Collier, Basil. "The defence of the United Kingdom". Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957. p103.
See also Home Guard (United Kingdom)
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