Home Front — definition?
Civilian support and mobilization during WWII.
Conscription — role?
Mandatory military service introduced in 1939.
ARP Air Raid Precaution — purpose?
Civil defense system to protect civilians from bombing.
The Blitz — period?
Intense German bombing of UK cities, 1940–41.
People’s war — meaning?
Total national effort involving civilians, not just soldiers.
Posters — purpose?
Influence public opinion and boost morale.
Total War — concept?
War involving entire society, economy, and government.
Propaganda film — function?
Shape public opinion through selected images/messages.
Revisionist historian — role?
Challenges established narratives, highlights overlooked experiences.
Blitz — key date?
Started September 7, 1940, with a 10-hour London raid.
Black Saturday — event?
Intense bombing day causing many to sleep in Epping Forest.
Airpower theory — belief?
Air forces can decide wars by striking key targets.
Billy Mitchell — advocate?
American theorist promoting decisive air power.
Ligne Maginot — example?
French defensive line, not fully adopted airpower ideas.
Battle of England — dates?
10 July–31 October 1940.
Blitz — features?
Night raids, widespread destruction, 56 days/nights of bombing.
Blitz — purpose?
Demoralize and weaken British resistance.
Civilian defense — elements?
Home Guards, ARP, fire forces, WVS.
Myth of unity — claim?
UK fully united during the Blitz, despite divisions.
Calder’s view — stance?
Revisionist; questions wartime unity and morale.
Memory vs history — difference?
Memory is subjective; history is objective and source-based.
Evacuation — origin?
Fears of aerial bombardment, Wells’ 1907 novel, WWI zeppelins.
Operation Pied Piper — start?
September 1, 1939, evacuating 1.5 million people.
Reception areas — purpose?
Temporary rural housing for evacuees.
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