1. The British Home Front

3. Children evacuate the cities The British had a very real and justified fear that German aircraft would be able to penetrate their defenses and bomb the major cities. In response millions of children were sent to live in the countryside with relatives, or in many cases strangers… Given the obvious risks why do you feel that parents would agree?

4. Children Evacuate London

5. Children evacuate the cities

7. Increasing munitions production

9. Self Sufficiency

10. Self Sufficiency

13. In Britain some goods such as bread, alcohol and tobacco were not rationed in order to keep up morale. As the war went on and shortages continued. Rumours would circulate that a certain shop was expecting a supply of butter or meat and immediately women would form a queue outside that shop. Many shops opened for only two or three days a week because of food shortages. As Britain was almost bankrupted by the war, rationing did not end in 1945.

15. Material Drives

16. This poster is advertising for Rubber, paper and metals

17. The Blitz and Blackout British cities were subjected to two major attack campaigns. The first is part of the Battle of Britain 1940-41 when German bombers attacked the cities directly. The “Second Blitz” would come at the end of the war when Hitler would launch V1 and V2 rockets at onto Britain.

19. British civilians would learn to routinely head towards their family's Anderson shelter or public bomb shelters when the air raid sirens were activated

20. To try and deceive German bombers all major cities would initiate total blackout during the danger times at night.

22. The Morrison is a personal in house bomb shelter/Dinner table!