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Home fronts in World War II
In a total war, factories, farms, cities and families were part of the fighting. This topic compares home fronts across the world: occupied Europe, the great war economies, the bombed cities, women's new roles, the colonies, and the scientists whose work shaped the war and the world after it.
In this topic
- When the front came home
- Occupation, forced labour and hunger
- Resistance movements
- Worked example: did reprisals work?
- War economies and rationing
- Bombs on cities
- Worked example: women in Britain and Germany
- Women's war in the Soviet Union and Japan
- Empires and minorities
- Science at war
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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