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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.
Eley, Geoff. "Finding the People's War: Film, British Collective Memory, and World War II." The American Historical Review 106#3 (2001): 818-838. online; Harris, Jose. "War and social history: Britain and the home front during the Second World War," Contemporary European History (1992) 1#1 pp 17–35. Smith, Malcolm.
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.
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).
Pages in category "World War II sites in Northern Ireland" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A British soldier guards a beach in Southern England, 7 October 1940. Detail from a pillbox embrasure.. British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.
The History of the Second World War is the official history of the British contribution to the Second World War and was published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). ). The immense project was sub-divided into areas to ease publication, United Kingdom Military Series, the United Kingdom Civil Series for the civilian war effort; the Foreign Policy series, the Intelligence series and the ...
United States home front during World War II (11 C, 121 P) Pages in category "Home front during World War II" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.