[PW] The English Resistance prepared in World War II

[Bye, Dan J]

It all depends what you're searching for.  There's the Home Guard/Local Defence Volunteers, and the British Resistance Organisation/Auxiliary Units.  

Some sources:

The Home Guard: a military and political history
SP Mackenzie
London: Oxford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0198205775
(Google books has some content)

The Last Ditch: Britain's Resistance Plans Against the Nazis 
Gary Sheffield
Greenhill Books, 2007
ISBN 978-1853677304 

With Britain in Mortal Danger: Britain's Secret Army 
John Warwicker
Cerberus, 2002
ISBN 978-1841451121 


There are quite a few books on the Home Guard around which may prove useful.

some articles found via Google Scholar and other databases:

The Home Guard 1940-1944: Stephen Cullen Reassesses the Role of 'Dad's Army'.
SM Cullen 
History Review, no 49, 2004

Tyneside's Home Guard Units: an able body of men?
Craig Armstrong
Contemporary British History, iss 1 2007, p.1-22

 Author: MacKenzie, S. P.  
Title: CITIZENS IN ARMS: THE HOME GUARD AND THE INTERNAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1940-41.  
Citation: Intelligence and National Security,  1991 6(3): pp548-572.  

Title   'Look, duck and vanish': records of no.6 Platoon 'B' Company, Leicester City group of the L.D.V  
 Author   Shepherd, Janette  
 Source   Leicestershire Historian; 3 (1990) p.25-32 

Title   Dad's underground army  
 Author   Carroll, T  
 Source   Sunday Times; 10 Nov 2002, Section 5 p.8 
Abstract   The first full account of the British Resistance Organisation is to be published. In anticipation of German occupation of Britain, ordinary Britons whose work enabled them to move around the country without attracting suspicion, were trained to carry out acts of sabotage, kill collaborators, track and report on occupying forces. The organisation existed from 1940 to 1944. (Quotes from original text) 


See also:
http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/brohome.html
British Resistance Organisation museum

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/projects/dob/
Defence of Britain project, from the Council for British Archaeology

http://www.btinternet.com/~david.waller/index.htm

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/f/firle_au_hideout/index.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_anti-invasion_preparations_of_World_War_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_Units
includes some other book references


The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk have requestable material on the home guard auxiliary units.


Cheers,
Dan