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===Second World War===
On returning from Spain, Wintringham began to call for an armed civilian guard to repel any [[Axis powers|Axis]] invasion, and as early as 1938 he had begun campaigning for what would become the Home Guard. He taught the troops tactics of [[guerrilla warfare]], including a movement known as the 'Monkey Crawl'. They were also taught how to deal with dive bombers.
At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Wintringham applied for an army officer's commission but was rejected. When the Communist Party promulgated its policy of staying out of the war due to the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]], he strongly condemned their policies. Because of the [[appeasement]] policies of prime minister [[Neville Chamberlain]], he also regarded the [[Tory|Tories]] as Nazi sympathizers and wrote that they should be removed from office. He wrote for ''[[Picture Post]]'', the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', and wrote columns for ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'' and the ''[[New Statesman]]''.
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