The home front Flashcards

1
Q

what was rationed from the start of the war?

A

food
clothing
tolitries

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2
Q

in what year did the production of consumer goods rapidly decline?

A

1942

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3
Q

what happened to workers?

A

longer working hours
more women forced to work
non essential bussineses shut down to make better use of work force

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4
Q

When did food shortages get serious?

A

1945

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5
Q

When was the Hamburg firestorm?

A

24th july 1943

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6
Q

What were ther impacts of the Hamburg firestorm?

A

30,000 cicilians died

1 million made homeless

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7
Q

what were the total impacts of the allied bombings by 1945?

A

30,000 killed
800,000 wounded
3.6 million homes destroyed - 20% of total housing

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8
Q

Why was the morale on the home front high between 1939 and 1940?

A

The success of blitzkrieg

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9
Q

before 1944 how badly was food rationed?

A

the german people recieved 10% more than recomended calorie intake

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10
Q

In which countries where german soldiers allowed to return from to see families at the begging of the war?

A

France,Italy, poland Yugoslavia,

Easy to travel by train

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11
Q

what was the german evacuation programme called and how many were evacuated?

A

Kinder Land Verschickung

2.5 million children evacuated

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