HIUS 3452 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Manual Labour, Mass Mobilization, Beveridge Report
25 Jul 2016
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The Second World War
1. Home Front in Britain
a. A people’s war?
2. 3 social developments
a. Evacuations
a.i. Children and new mothers sent to the countryside
a.ii. Started in September 1939; 4 million people moved
a.iii. Reception in the country varied
a.iv. *did this bridge class gaps or accentuate them?
a.iv.1. Working class families were target the most, industrial areas
bombed
a.iv.1.a. Culture clash, country ‘folk’ housed rich
a.iv.1.b. Middle class england vs. working class england
b. The blitz
b.i. German bombing campaign of British cities
b.ii. 7 Sept 1940 - 10 May 1941
b.iii. 45000 tons of bombs dropped on the UK
b.iv. Over 45000 civilians killed
b.v. British Propaganda about the Blitz
b.v.1. ‘Greatest civilian army’
b.v.1.a. Citizens worked at their normal jobs during the day and
defended the cities from bombers at night
b.v.2. 5 weeks without a quiet night
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Document Summary
The second world war: home front in britain, a people"s war, 3 social developments, evacuations a. i. Children and new mothers sent to the countryside a. ii. Started in september 1939; 4 million people moved a. iii. *did this bridge class gaps or accentuate them? a. iv. 1. Working class families were target the most, industrial areas bombed a. iv. 1. a. Middle class england vs. working class england: the blitz b. i. 7 sept 1940 - 10 may 1941 b. iii. 45000 tons of bombs dropped on the uk b. iv. Citizens worked at their normal jobs during the day and defended the cities from bombers at night b. v. 2. Public shelters are accepted -> public is acting like good soldiers" b. v. 4. Firemen, ambulance drivers and air raid wardens are real" heroes b. v. 5. Symphony of war b. v. 6. old/young sleep in shelters, no fear b. vi. House of commons destroyed, tower of london damaged, Westminster abbey damaged, buckingham palace hit 3 times b. viii.
