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1、World War IIHomefrontBritian during WWIIThe details of WWII are pretty well known, if you dont know them, learn them on your ownToday we will look at Britain at home during the warHomefrontIn war, a front is considering the line between two armiesBritian had really two battles to fight, one against

2、the Axis powers in mainland Europe and also in England itselfRationingLess than a third of the food available in Britain at the start of the war was produced at home.Enemy ships targeted ing Allied merchant vessels, preventing vital supplies - including fruit, sugar, cereals and meatSolutionMinistry

3、 of Food issued ration books to every person, and families had to register at one shop.Everyone had a limited supply of food, so some began to rear animals at homeFrom September 1939, petrol was only available for business or essential purposes.EvacuationThe evacuation of around three million people

4、 to rural locations beyond the reach of German air attacks deeply affected the nation. Mostly children were moved.Bombing and Invasion of BritainBlitz, the German word for lightning, was applied by the British press to the tempest of heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over Britain in 1940

5、and 1941.This was meant to soften the Brits up for a full scale invasionThe invasion never happened but many terrifying bombs did occurConventry - 14 November 1940Five hundred German bombers dropped 500 tonnes of high explosives and nearly 900 incendiary bombs on the city in ten hours of relentless

6、bombardment.The main air offensive against British cities diminished after May 1941, with the change of direction of the German war machine towards Russia.V1 and supersonic V2 rockets deployed between 1944 and 1945 killed nearly 9,000 civilians.Battle of Britain DayOn 15 September - now known as Bat

7、tle of Britain Day - the Luftwaffe launched two huge bombing raids on London.The RAF claimed to have shot down 185 German planes; in fact, it was 61, but these were the highest losses the Luftwaffe had suffered for over a month.The defeat marked the end of Luftwaffe day raidsPostwar to nowSome of th

8、e major social changes over the past 50 years include the loss of empire and of world power status, a weaker sense of collective British identity , an increase in immigration,growth of multiculturalism changes in the balance of the population ( the decline of manual work, the increase in the number of women in the workforce and rising numbers of the elderly)Despite rising living standards and greater opportunity for many, society has e more broken and an underclass has emerged. divorce, which has increased twentyfold, the priso