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Second World War Homefront
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Second World War Homefront
People feared air attacks in densly populated cities
In January 1938 Air Raid precautions were planned
The Auxiliary Fire service was created
Jobs
ARP Wardens
Distributed 32 million gas masks
Friday 1st September two days before the war they enforced the blackout
Over one million men and women volunteered to serve
Reported air raid damage, warn people of unexploded bombs and seal off affected areas
Provided immediate help at bomb sites before emergency services arrives
National Fire Service
Worked as part of the Auxiliary Fire service
consisted of 39 firefighting forces in 1942
400000 people joined during the war
Used wartime grey fire engines and wore tin helmets
There were also fire boats to control dockside fires and street fires in east london in 1940
Casualty Service
240 000 people volunteered
Attend accidents and tend to injuries, sending seriously injured people to first aid post, and some to casualty clearing hospitals
2379 civil defence workers killed, 4459 were injured
Work was crucial in maintaining morale of home front
The Home Guard
The Local Defence Volunteers were formed in 1940
500000 men with Canadian British and US weapons
Hastily built defences like trenches and gun emplacements
Expected to fight Germans if invaded
Many volunteers were over 40 and had no weapons
Nicknamed Look Die Vanish
Neville Chamberlin announced Britain at war with Germany 3 September 1939
Evacuation
Large numbers of people evacuated first years of the war
2 million made plans for evacuation 1.5 million evacuated by government
Lots of propaganda and pictures of happy parents to make it seem better
Co-ordinated by Federation of Women's Instiutes
They received 1700 complaints from host families concerning bad manners bed wetting and lice
After arriving by trains people would be taken to reception centres like churches or village halls and wait to be chosen by 'host families
Local people were paired 10 shillings for the first child and 8 shillings for each evacuee
Rationing
Food rationing enforced January 1940
Ministry of Food made recipes to make food go a long way
People with jobs in heavy industry were given more food
Home grown food wasn't rationed
By 1941 clothes was rationed
Encouraged to Make do and Mend
Scrap food was collected to take to farms
Milk- 6 glasses. Eggs -1 per 2 weeks. Meat- 500g Butter- 300g. Sugar- 2 teacups. Oil-1/2 teacup. Tea- 1 teacup. Cheese- 30g. Jam- 1 1/2 teacups.
Morale
Censorship Bureau banned al press photographs of wounded soldiers, dead air raid victims or houses destroyed by bombs
Ministry of Information produced propaganda and distributed the news that they wanted the British public to hear
Entertainment was used to keep up morale films music and dancing was popular
Winston Churchill's speeches were broadcast to encourage people to support to war effort
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