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Ministry of Morale: Home Front Morale and the Ministry of Information in World War II (1979), Maguire, Lori. "'We Shall Fight': A Rhetorical Analysis of Churchill's Famous Speech." Rhetoric & Public Affairs 17#2 (2014): 255-286. Nicholas, Siân. The Echo of War: Home Front Propaganda and the Wartime BBC, 1939-1945 (Palgrave Macmillan, 1996 ...
French poster from World War I. Home front is an English language term with analogues in other languages. [1] It is commonly used to describe the full participation of the British public in World War I who suffered Zeppelin raids and endured food rations as part of what came to be called the "Home Front". [2]
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. Governments became involved with new issues such as rationing, manpower allocation, home defense, evacuation in the face of air raids, and response to occupation by an enemy power.
London in World War II (2 C, 29 P) Pages in category "United Kingdom home front during World War II" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total.
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FUBAR (Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All/Any Repair/Recognition/Reason), like SNAFU and SUSFU, dates from World War II.The Oxford English Dictionary lists Yank, the Army Weekly magazine (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation: "The FUBAR squadron.
Scarp: the side of a ditch in front of a fortification facing away from it. Sconce : a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork, often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. Sea fort : a coastal fort entirely surrounded by the sea, either built on a rock or directly onto the sea bed.
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).