I. Home Front During WWII A. Germany · Most success in planned war economy · War Raw Materials Board · Bad rationing-barely enough to survive · Auxillary Service Law- required all male noncombatants between 17-60 to work on jobs necessary for war B. Great Britain · Ministry of Munitions under DL George-insured companies would produce materials for war C. France · Difficulty organizing war economy · Clemenceau established civilian control of a total war government D. Opposition to the war · Strike activity increased after only two years of war · Organized protests · Britain created Defense of the Realm Act (DORA)-allowed authorities to arrest dissenters of war and censor newspapers to keep the image of war positive · Governments released propaganda to try to make people serve E. Labor in the Home Front · Women took up jobs to make up for men out at war · Worked as factory workers, farm laborers, truck drivers, etc · Men didn’t agree to women taking their jobs
I. Home Front During WWII
A. Germany
· Most success in planned war economy
· War Raw Materials Board
· Bad rationing-barely enough to survive
· Auxillary Service Law- required all male noncombatants between 17-60 to work on jobs necessary for war
B. Great Britain
· Ministry of Munitions under DL George-insured companies would produce materials for war
C. France
· Difficulty organizing war economy
· Clemenceau established civilian control of a total war government
D. Opposition to the war
· Strike activity increased after only two years of war
· Organized protests
· Britain created Defense of the Realm Act (DORA)-allowed authorities to arrest dissenters of war and censor newspapers to keep the image of war positive
· Governments released propaganda to try to make people serve
E. Labor in the Home Front
· Women took up jobs to make up for men out at war
· Worked as factory workers, farm laborers, truck drivers, etc
· Men didn’t agree to women taking their jobs
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