This text is part of a series encompassing the popular topics taught in secondary schools up to GCSE, aiming to develop at an early stage those skills which form the basis of the GCSE exam. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the "Home Front", the situation in Britain during World War II. It looks at every group affected by the war and covers important topics such as the blitz, rationing, propaganda, social changes brought about by the war, new roles for women and the experiences of young evacuees. The book is closely geared towards GCSE requirements and the author encourages pupils to compare oral history with written secondary sources.

 

This book is part of a book series called Past in Question .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1988 by Hodder Arnold .

John Aylett, a hugely successful history textbook writer, wrote the original edition.

This book has the following chapters: September 1939; evacuation; restrictions begin; food and rationing; conscription; the Home Guard; air raid!; the Blitz on London; and elsewhere; propaganda; aliens and prisoners of war; war production; shortages; having a good time; radio; over here - the Americans; male and female; V1 and V2 weapons; planning for the future; occupied territory; VE-Day and the end of the war.