It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Home Guard by S. P. Mackenzie
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The extraordinarily popular British television program "Dad's Army" suggests that Britain's Home Guard during the Second World War was home to charming incompetence and lighthearted buffoonery. In 1940, however, the threat of a German invasion of Britain appeared very real. S. P. MacKenzie's detailed and readable history of the Home Guard offers a new perspective on the men who took up the challenge. Despite its popular image of old men and teenagers playing soldiers, the Home Guard, often as large as the wartime army, became an astonishingly strong political force in its own right. Quite...
The Home Guard by S. P. Mackenzie is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.
This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read The Home Guard aloud.
The Home Guard is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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