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British culture in the Second World War (1999) Jones, Helen (2006). British civilians in the front line: air raids, productivity and wartime culture, 1939-45. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-7290-1. Levine, Joshua. The Secret History of the Blitz (2015). Marwick, Arthur. The Home Front: The British and the Second World War. (1976).
The Home Front: The British and the Second World War. (1976). Overy, Richard. Britain at War: From the Invasion of Poland to the Surrender of Japan: 1939–1945 (2011). Overy, Richard, ed. What Britain Has Done: September 1939 - 1945 a Selection of Outstanding Facts and Figures (2007) Taylor, A. J. P. English History 1914-1945 (1965) pp 439–601.
Of these, the British military suffered 244,723 killed, 53,039 reported missing, 277,090 wounded, and 180,405 men were taken as prisoners of war. This report included men from Newfoundland and Southern Rhodesia within the British figure, but did not break down the losses by service branch.
Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations during the Battle of Europe; Timeline of the Holocaust. Timeline of the Holocaust in Norway; Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp; Timeline of deportations of French Jews to death camps ...
Military includes Royal Irish Constabulary. Irish civilians were all British citizens during the conflict. Third Anglo-Afghan War: 1919 1921 1,136 1,136 - reference - includes British Indian Army: Russian Civil War: 1918 1920 1,073 1,073 -Ref: World War I: 1914 1918 887,858 107,000 [8] 994,858 World War I casualties: Anglo-Aro War: 1901 1902 ...
The term "home front" covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland military production became vital to both the Allied and Axis powers. Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the outcome of the war.
The grave of an unknown soldier at Arnhem, photographed by a British Army sergeant after the liberation of the city in 1945; the sign says "Unknown English Soldier" in German. The Allies withdrew from the southern bank of the Rhine and the front remained on "the island" between the Rhine and Waal rivers.
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