Life during wartime

Question 1

when and why did neville chamberlain resign

Answer 1

May 1940, after being faced with the failure of appeasement and increasing criticism, Winston Churchill led a coalition government for the rest of the war

Question 2

what day did the blitz start

Answer 2

hitler gave the order to bomb london on the 7th september 1940

Question 3

what was the blitz

Answer 3

9 months of heaving bombing and raids are hat england a wales suffered from between september 1949 and may 1941

Question 4

what were hitlers aims

Answer 4

destroy britain’s factories shipyards and railways
attack navy bases and RAF airfields
destroy homes and lives
destroy morale

Question 5

how many people were killed and how many made homeless from the blitz in london

Answer 5

15,000 killed
250,000 homeless

Question 6

what type of people were evacuated

Answer 6

children pregnant women and people with disabilities

Question 7

when did evacuation begin

Answer 7

1st september 1939 people were moved to the countryside to live with their host families

Question 8

how many evacuated

Answer 8

1.5 million

Question 9

what were some of the experiences of evacuees

Answer 9

many were warm welcomed
but some mistreated and abused
some had better standard of living
some used as unpaid workers
nightmares and bed wetting
learnt new languages

Question 10

what is rationing

Answer 10

a system where people were only allowed a certain amount of major foods and resources

Question 11

what was black marketeering in rationing

Answer 11

where some sellers sold rationed items at much higher prices exploiting the system

Question 12

who was the minister of food and what did he do

Answer 12

lord woolton
supervised the introduction of rationing to stop prices from rising too much and making sure everyone received basic needs

Question 13

what was the women’s voluntary service

Answer 13

an organisation consisting of one million members mainly older women who helped to contribute to war effort in their own way such as
knitting clothes for service men
providing refreshments for people sheltering

Question 14

how many women were engaged in war work by 1943

Answer 14

70 million women age between 14 and 64 were conducting essential war work

Question 15

what jobs did women do

Answer 15

munitions
building air crafts vehicles
women enlisted in women’s air force and naval service
women’s land army- ease the shortage of make farm labour secure food production and operate machinery

Question 16

how was propaganda used

Answer 16

Attempted to maintain unity, loyalty and confidence throughout the war victories were emphasised were as discussion of defeats were kept to a minimum

Question 17

who controlled radio newspapers magazines and cinema films

Answer 17

They were censored and controlled by the ministry of information