KQ4 - Life During Wartime

Question 1

WHEN WAS THE BLITZ?

Answer 1

September 1940

Question 2

WHAT WAS THE BLITZ?

Answer 2

Hitler bombed Britain into submission

Question 3

WHAT WAS THE AIM OF THE BLITZ?

Answer 3

• force Britain to surrender
• break British morale
• destroy industry

Question 4

HOW DID BRITAIN PROTECT THEMSELVES FOR THE BLITZ?

Answer 4

• air raid shelters
• Anderson shelters
• Morrison shelters

Question 5

WHEN DID EVACUATION BEGIN?

Answer 5

1st of September 1939

Question 6

WHAT WAS THE EXPERIANCE OF BEING AN EVACUEE?

Answer 6

It was mixed:
- Some were welcomed into better homes than they had before
- Some were seen as uneducated and used as cheep labour

Question 7

WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF HITLER SINKING THE BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS?

Answer 7

40% of British food supply was cut

Question 8

WHEN WAS RATIONING INTRODUCED?

Answer 8

January 1940

Question 9

WHAT WAS THE ‘DIG FOR VICOTRY’ CAMPAIGN?

Answer 9

Encouraged people to grow their own fruit and vegetables

Question 10

WHAT BECAME ILLEGAL IN 1940?

Answer 10

To waste food

Question 11

HOW LONG DID RATIONING LAST?

Answer 11

Until 1955

Question 12

WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF WOMEN DURING WAR?

Answer 12

• thousand were recruited for war effort
• they worked in factories making war material
• worked in hospitals to cure the injured
• women joined the woman’s army and air force (ATS + WAAF)

Question 13

HOW HAD THE WOMENS ROLE CHANGED BY 1945?

Answer 13

450,000 women were in the military and 6 million in civilian work