Home Guard
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Home Guard most frequently refers to a part-time civilian reserve military force similar to a militia.
- British Home Guard, known originally as the Local Defence Volunteers, or LDV
- Ulster Home Guard- Northern Ireland
- Local Defence Volunteers- Éire
- Danish Home Guard
- German Home Guard
- Sri Lankan Home Guard
- Indian Home Guard
- Norwegian Home Guard
- Swedish Home Guard
- Croatian Home Guard and Imperial Croatian Home Guard
- Home Guard (Unionist) - Local militia forces organized in support of the Union in border states during the United States Civil War
Home Guard may also refer to:
- A song in the movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks called The Old Home Guard
- A political and possibly espionage organization active in California during the American Civil War(See also: Horace Davis)
- The Confederate Home Guard, during the American Civil War
- The Home Guard (Shannara)--In Terry Brooks' Shannara series of novels, the Home Guard are the defenders of the Elven royal family, fufilling a secret service-like role.

