Author: Earl R. Beck
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.
European Home Fronts 1939 - 1945
Author: Earl R. Beck
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.
The German Home Front 1939–45
Author: Brian L Davis
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781846031854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Osprey's examination of Germany's home front situation during World War II (1939-1945). At the outbreak of war in 1939 Germany was committed to the concept of Blitzkrieg - a swift and decisive war. Yet, the reality became something very different as every corner of German society was hit by the realities of war. This book details the critical civilian support that was necessary to maintain Nazi control of the civilian population and includes first-hand accounts of the experiences of civilians who suffered at the hands of their own government as well as enduring the deprivations and fears of wartime life. With analysis and descriptions of civil and home services, from air raid wardens to postwomen, this book provides a detailed, lavishly illustrated description of wartime life in Germany, exploring the tentacles of the Nazi state as they affected every man, woman and child.
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781846031854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Osprey's examination of Germany's home front situation during World War II (1939-1945). At the outbreak of war in 1939 Germany was committed to the concept of Blitzkrieg - a swift and decisive war. Yet, the reality became something very different as every corner of German society was hit by the realities of war. This book details the critical civilian support that was necessary to maintain Nazi control of the civilian population and includes first-hand accounts of the experiences of civilians who suffered at the hands of their own government as well as enduring the deprivations and fears of wartime life. With analysis and descriptions of civil and home services, from air raid wardens to postwomen, this book provides a detailed, lavishly illustrated description of wartime life in Germany, exploring the tentacles of the Nazi state as they affected every man, woman and child.
Faces of the Home Front, 1939–1945
Author: Neil R. Storey
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399001612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Faces of the Home Front presents a fascinating insight into the people, wartime organisations, events, life and work on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times told through an array of previously unpublished rare photographs, illustrations and ephemera. If you have wondered how Air Raid Wardens, Ambulance crews, Home Guard, Firemen, Special Constables, Women's Voluntary Service and the Women's Land Army were recruited and trained, how they were uniformed and what their duties entailed in wartime were, this is the book for you. Drawing on the authors’ own extensive archives of original photographs, training manuals, documents, decades of research and interviews with those who were there, there are stories of well-known events such as the Blitz on London and many other often lesser known events and incidents around the country, some deeply moving, some harrowing and some that show how the kindness and selfless bravery of people that helped get Britain through its darkest hours. The combination of images and stories vividly bring to life the experiences of people in cities, towns and countryside in wartime as they experienced evacuation, rationing, the black-out and air raids touched the lives of everyone. This volume is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any family historian, collector, re-enactor.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399001612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Faces of the Home Front presents a fascinating insight into the people, wartime organisations, events, life and work on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times told through an array of previously unpublished rare photographs, illustrations and ephemera. If you have wondered how Air Raid Wardens, Ambulance crews, Home Guard, Firemen, Special Constables, Women's Voluntary Service and the Women's Land Army were recruited and trained, how they were uniformed and what their duties entailed in wartime were, this is the book for you. Drawing on the authors’ own extensive archives of original photographs, training manuals, documents, decades of research and interviews with those who were there, there are stories of well-known events such as the Blitz on London and many other often lesser known events and incidents around the country, some deeply moving, some harrowing and some that show how the kindness and selfless bravery of people that helped get Britain through its darkest hours. The combination of images and stories vividly bring to life the experiences of people in cities, towns and countryside in wartime as they experienced evacuation, rationing, the black-out and air raids touched the lives of everyone. This volume is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any family historian, collector, re-enactor.
Home Fronts
Author: Mark J. Crowley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783272259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783272259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories.
The Home Front 1939-1945
Author: Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
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Languages : en
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The Home Front 1939-1945 (documents).
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The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939-1945
Author: Lisa L. Ossian
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
As Americans geared up for World War II, each state responded according to its economy and circumstances—as well as the disposition of its citizens. This book considers the war years in Iowa by looking at activity on different home fronts and analyzing the resilience of Iowans in answering the call to support the war effort. With its location in the center of the country, far from potentially threatened coasts, Iowa was also the center of American isolationism—historically Republican and resistant to involvement in another European war. Yet Iowans were quick to step up, and Lisa Ossian draws on historical archives as well as on artifacts of popular culture to record the rhetoric and emotion of their support. Ossian shows how Iowans quickly moved from skepticism to overwhelming enthusiasm for the war and answered the call on four fronts: farms, factories, communities, and kitchens. Iowa’s farmers faced labor and machinery shortages, yet produced record amounts of crops and animals—even at the expense of valuable topsoil. Ordnance plants turned out bombs and machine gun bullets. Meanwhile, communities supported war bond and scrap drives, while housewives coped with rationing, raised Victory gardens, and turned to home canning. The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939–1945 depicts real people and their concerns, showing the price paid in physical and mental exhaustion and notes the heavy toll exacted on Iowa’s sons who fell in battle. Ossian also considers the relevance of such issues as race, class, and gender—particularly the role of women on the home front and the recruitment of both women and blacks for factory work—taking into account a prevalent suspicion of ethnic groups by the state’s largely homogeneous population. The fact that Iowans could become loyal citizen soldiers—forming an Industrial and Defense Commission even before Pearl Harbor—speaks not only to the patriotism of these sturdy midwesterners but also to the overall resilience of Americans. In unraveling how Iowans could so overwhelmingly support the war, Ossian digs deep into history to show us the power of emotion—and to help us better understand why World War II is consistently remembered as “the Good War.”
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
As Americans geared up for World War II, each state responded according to its economy and circumstances—as well as the disposition of its citizens. This book considers the war years in Iowa by looking at activity on different home fronts and analyzing the resilience of Iowans in answering the call to support the war effort. With its location in the center of the country, far from potentially threatened coasts, Iowa was also the center of American isolationism—historically Republican and resistant to involvement in another European war. Yet Iowans were quick to step up, and Lisa Ossian draws on historical archives as well as on artifacts of popular culture to record the rhetoric and emotion of their support. Ossian shows how Iowans quickly moved from skepticism to overwhelming enthusiasm for the war and answered the call on four fronts: farms, factories, communities, and kitchens. Iowa’s farmers faced labor and machinery shortages, yet produced record amounts of crops and animals—even at the expense of valuable topsoil. Ordnance plants turned out bombs and machine gun bullets. Meanwhile, communities supported war bond and scrap drives, while housewives coped with rationing, raised Victory gardens, and turned to home canning. The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939–1945 depicts real people and their concerns, showing the price paid in physical and mental exhaustion and notes the heavy toll exacted on Iowa’s sons who fell in battle. Ossian also considers the relevance of such issues as race, class, and gender—particularly the role of women on the home front and the recruitment of both women and blacks for factory work—taking into account a prevalent suspicion of ethnic groups by the state’s largely homogeneous population. The fact that Iowans could become loyal citizen soldiers—forming an Industrial and Defense Commission even before Pearl Harbor—speaks not only to the patriotism of these sturdy midwesterners but also to the overall resilience of Americans. In unraveling how Iowans could so overwhelmingly support the war, Ossian digs deep into history to show us the power of emotion—and to help us better understand why World War II is consistently remembered as “the Good War.”
The Home Front 1939-1945 in 100 Objects
Author: Austin J. Ruddy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526767332
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526767332
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Home Front
Author: Stanley Naylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952784654
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952784654
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Total War
Author: Garry Disher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Bombing of Darwin - War with Japan - Battlefronts - Nurses - War artists - Prisoners of War - Cowra breakout - Dunera internees - Censorship - Home front (Homefront) - Rationing & ration books - War paintings by Albert Tucker - Women in the Second World War - Statistics of working women - Women in the armed services - American-Australian relations - American in Australia (GIs).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Bombing of Darwin - War with Japan - Battlefronts - Nurses - War artists - Prisoners of War - Cowra breakout - Dunera internees - Censorship - Home front (Homefront) - Rationing & ration books - War paintings by Albert Tucker - Women in the Second World War - Statistics of working women - Women in the armed services - American-Australian relations - American in Australia (GIs).