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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
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See also
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Notes and references
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Collier, Basil. "The defence of the United Kingdom". Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957. p103.
