Modern Warfare And Civilans

Question 1

Impact of active fighting / conscription -

Answer 1

For the first time since the medieval period, civilans were forced to take up arms in the total warfare in the 20th century.Six million Britons fought in WW1 and 750,000 died in WW1.
About 450,000 died in WW2

Question 2

Organisation of the Home front - The Home Guard

Answer 2

Was a part time volunteer force formed in 1940 to defend Britain (the land) against invasion by the Nazis. By 1941 1.6 million civilians had joined.

Question 3

Organisation on the Home Front - The civil Defence

Answer 3

Volunteers defended country against air raids from 1941 .By 1945 1.4 million wardens served and 7000 staff had been killed in the line of duty

Question 4

Organisation on the Home Front - The Womenks Voluntary Service

Answer 4

Supported the civil defence had had 1 million volunteers by 1941

Question 5

Organisation on the Home Front - Bevin’s Boys

Answer 5

Recruitment into mining industry to support army.Increased the rate of,peoduction of coal which had declined through the early years of WW2

Question 6

What was the Home Front

Answer 6

The home Front refers to civilian population and the preparations a country at home whose forces are abroad

Question 7

Living on the Home Front - Rationing

Answer 7

Rationing - On April 1917 the British only had a few weeks of wheat supplies left as the Germans tried to cut off food supplies.Rationing of food items was introduced in 1918 and again in January 1940

Question 8

Living on the Home Front - The Blitz

Answer 8

The Blitz - Between 1940-41 two million british homes were destroyed and about 1.5 milions civilians evacuated due to the German bombing.In the major cities, air raids were a constant threat

Question 9

Living on thr Home Front - Government powers

Answer 9

Government powers - greatly expanded during the World Wars.The defence of the Realm Act of 1914 allowed governments to censor information and take control of key industries.The Emergency Power Act of 1940 gave the government unlimited powers to act.Worlers could be forced to move into job roles more vital to the war effort.

Question 10

Living on the Home Front - Air raid precautions

Answer 10

During the Second World War , gas masks were issued to every civilian and air raid shelters were set up in public places.Children were evacuated from major cities .Blackouts and curfews were enforced to prevent targets from being visible to bombers