Finnish Civil Guards on parade. These well-trained and efficiently-equipped volunteers belong to a defence organization, normally 100,000 strong. It is the equivalent of New Zealand s Territorial Force except that its members have previously served their full time under the national system of compulsory military training. They are therefore, in effect, a trained reserve.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 11
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54Finnish Civil Guards on parade. These well-trained and efficiently-equipped volunteers belong to a defence organization, normally 100,000 strong. It is the equivalent of New Zealand s Territorial Force except that its members have previously served their full time under the national system of compulsory military training. They are therefore, in effect, a trained reserve. Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 11
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