britain + germany during ww2

introduction to society during ww2

had more direct effect on civillain population than the first wolrd war

entire population of countries involved in it - whether in the army, workers in war related industry or civillians suffering

headings for britain during ww2

• rationing

• women in the workforce

• bombing of cities (blitz)

• evacuation

• refugees

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rationing in britain

• introduced in 1940 as a resulting of german u boats in the atlantic

• coupons could be exhanged for sugar tea, butter, meat etc

• non native fruits unavailable

• beer and tobacco not rationed - low moreale (made of oats and potatoes)

• home grown food was encouraged - (dig for victory campaign, public parks and gardens turned into vegetable allotments)

• clothes and fuel were also rationed

what did a typical adult ration look like

• eight ounces of sugar

• two ounces of butter

• three ounces of cooking oil

• four ounces of bacon

• three pints of milk

women in the workforce in britain

• women joined both workforce and auxiliary military

• filled vacancies traditionally fillled by men - postal workers, train/tram drivers etc

• womens land army recruited members to help increase food production

• womens volunteers service helped those who suffered following air raids

british society during the bombings

• evacutation plan was put in place immediately following the invasion of poland

• germany bombed industrial cities like london, coventry (was flattened) sheffield and glasgow

• people took reguge in tube stations // anderson huts or indoor steel boxes called mirrison shelters

• 44000 british civillians were killed during these air raids at their worst in 1940 to 1942

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how many briitsh civillians were killed during the blitz

44000 between the worst of the bombings from 1940 to 1942

womens land army members

1940 - 25000

evacuation in britain during ww2

• large numbers left cities to countryside

• IMPERIAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE IN 1938 to help deal w evacuation

• plan put in place in sept 1939

  • lots of people returned during the phoney war, but were evacuated with the onset of the blitz

evacuation PLAN in britain during ww2

• put in place in september 1939

• 800,000 children

• 100,000 teachers and scoial workers

• 500,000 mothers evacuated to the countryside

refugges in brtain

1933 - 1939 56000 refugees fled to britain from nazi germany, austria and czechoslovakia

over coarse of war 6000 refugees entered britain

rationing in germany

• countries under nazi occupation were forced to export agricultural produce to germany

  • living conditions in germany didnt eteriorateuntil the onset of hte massiuve allied bombing of 1942 - 45

women in the workforce in germany

fewer women in workforce - influx of forced labourers from belgium/france

7 million workers including 1.5 millon women forced to work in german factories

3500 women were ss concentration camp guards

girls 17 - 45 ended up having to register for national service in 1943

bombing in germany

1943 onwards german civillians suffered a similar fate as britain

50,000 german civillians killed during an air raid on dresden on the night of the 13th february