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The Impact of WWII on daily life - Coggle Diagram
The Impact of WWII on daily life
The blitz
Nightly bombing
Civilians had to maintain a “blackout”
As a result there were many accidents
Evacuation
Goverment evacuated children and young mothers from the big cities to safer parts of the contry
Many of the host families were richer, middle- or upper class people
Rattioning
Britain was facing shortages
Families were given books of ration stamps, which they used to buy a fixed amount of certains products
The goverment also encourage people to save by mending their own clothes
The live of woman
Conscription was introduce in 1939
Work at home - in farms and factories - had to be done by woman
Unmarried women were conscripted
The government and welfare
Nurseries were set up
Rations and vitamins to young children and mothers
Propaganda and censorship
Propaganda
Propaganda was used to encourage people to join the voluntary war effort
To warn people of the dangers of “careless talk”
Encourage people to save for the war effort
Live more carefully without wasting food or materials
Censorship
Negative stories were not reported