KQ4 - Life During Wartime Flashcards
WHEN WAS THE BLITZ?
September 1940
WHAT WAS THE BLITZ?
Hitler bombed Britain into submission
WHAT WAS THE AIM OF THE BLITZ?
- force Britain to surrender
- break British morale
- destroy industry
HOW DID BRITAIN PROTECT THEMSELVES FOR THE BLITZ?
- air raid shelters
- Anderson shelters
- Morrison shelters
WHEN DID EVACUATION BEGIN?
1st of September 1939
WHAT WAS THE EXPERIANCE OF BEING AN EVACUEE?
It was mixed:
- Some were welcomed into better homes than they had before
- Some were seen as uneducated and used as cheep labour
WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF HITLER SINKING THE BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS?
40% of British food supply was cut
WHEN WAS RATIONING INTRODUCED?
January 1940
WHAT WAS THE ‘DIG FOR VICOTRY’ CAMPAIGN?
Encouraged people to grow their own fruit and vegetables
WHAT BECAME ILLEGAL IN 1940?
To waste food
HOW LONG DID RATIONING LAST?
Until 1955
WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF WOMEN DURING WAR?
- thousand were recruited for war effort
- they worked in factories making war material
- worked in hospitals to cure the injured
- women joined the woman’s army and air force (ATS + WAAF)
HOW HAD THE WOMENS ROLE CHANGED BY 1945?
450,000 women were in the military and 6 million in civilian work
