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aryan
German nazi view of a pure superior race
Home front
Aspects of wartime which affected daily life for ordinary people at home
Evacuation
The mass movement of children pregnant women and those with disabilities out of towns and cities and to the countryside for their safety during the war
Rationing
The restrictions put on food during the war to ensure that everyone had fair access to things which are in short supply
When did evacuation start
It started on 1 September 1939 before the war
How to describe evacuation
It was a chaotic quick process as the government knew war was coming/preplanned
How many people evacuated
1.3 million
What is war evacuation compulsory
It was not compulsory it was voluntary
Who organized the evacuations
Billing offices organized date typically women. WVF- women’s volunteer force
government name for a vacuolation
Operation Pied Piper
What is the evacuation of success
It was of limited success as my children came home a 1940 January as no bombs were dropped
How long did the blitz last for
It lasted for nine months every night
What places are targeted in the blitz
Places containing industrial development cities targeted transportation armament and ports
What were some of the jobs of civilians to harden
Auxiliary firefighters air raid wardens and looters 
 Examples of what women did for Warwork
Housewives aircraft makers air raid wardens codebreakers factory work farming women’s land army
