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Home Front
- DORA
- Defence of Realm Acts 1914
- Govt. controlled industry
- Munitions Crisis July 1915 exposed by Daily Mail
- July 1915 Lloyd George Minister of Munitions, Dec 1916 PM
- MOM controlled key industry
- Jobs for women
- Set u Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Food
- Dilution - unskilled did some jobs
- Defence of Realm Acts 1914
- Conscription
- Lord Kitchener Minister for War
- Recruitment at first but slowed after massive losses
- Military Service acts (Jan and May 1916)
- 1st 6 weeks 500,000+ signed up, requirements lowered from 5ft8 to 5ft3
- National Register and Derby Scheme failed
- Conscientious Objectors - white feather
- Lord Kitchener Minister for War
- Rationing
- Took over land to grow crops
- 1917 severe shortages because of U-boat warfare
- May 1917 voluntary rationing then Meatless Days
- Nov 1917 Ninepenny Loaf law and rationing propaganda
- Early 1918 sugar meat butter tea beer rations - stiff penalties
- Largely successful - no starvation
- Took over land to grow crops
- Civilian Injuries
- Dec 1914 shelling East Coast
- Jan 1915 East Anglia zeppelin - 1500 killed, 3000 injured
- Dec 1914 shelling East Coast
- Women
- Pre war Victorian attitude
- Patriotism more important than vote
- Increased respect from men
- 1918 votes for 30+women
- Pre war Victorian attitude
- Propaganda
- Strong Anti Germany feeling
- Ministry of Information led by Lord Beaverbrook
- Censorship
- Whipped up emotions
- Persuasion to help war effort
- Strong Anti Germany feeling
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