Home front and Properganda Flashcards
when did recruitment campaigns begin?
1914 Aug 2nd -day ear declared on G
when was DORA set up?
8th August 1914
when were the Scarborough bombings by G-ships?
December 1914
what 2 things happened in 1915
- Coalition gov set up to handle war crisis
- Munitions crisis-women’s march for jobs
what 3 things happened in 1916
- First military bill introduced (conscription 18-40)
- Battle of the Somme
- Lloyd George Prime Minister
when was the battle of the Somme?
July-Nov 1916
when was conscription of men from 18-40 introduced?
Jan 1916
when was food rationing?
All year-1917
When was compulsory food rationing?
1918
when did the war end?
1918
what 4 things happened in 1914?
- war declared on g
- recruitment campaigns begin
- DORA
- Scarborough bombings
when was war declared on Germany?
1914
in 1914 how many people were recruited in the first month?
1/2 a million
when was the munitions crisis and how many rounds of munitions did they have a day?
3 rounds a day
1915
how many women registered to work in 1915?
how many were given jobs?
100,000
5,000
in 1916 how many workers were on strike?
how many working days were lost?
what year??
235,000 workers of strike
2.5 million working days lost
1916!!!!
how many workers were on strike in 1918
how many working days were lost?
900,000 workers on strike -1918
over 6 million working days lost
when was the women’s land army set up?
feb 1917
in 1916 how many and who voted against conscription?
50 liberal mp’s voted against conscription
how many people died during the battle of the Somme?
half a million people died
at the end of the war how many women were doing men’s jobs?
half a million
how many people died and were injured during the silver town explosion?
what did it show
73 died
400 injured
showed how bad and dangerous factory work was
