Life on the Home Front, from the bombs of the Blitz to the preparations for invasion.
Home Front: World War Two
Overview
Overview: Britain, 1918 - 1945
Just over two decades after the 'war to end all wars', British troops were fighting in the most devastating conflict in history. What were the events that led from one world war to another?
Churchill
Winston Churchill: Defender of Democracy
He led Britain through the war years with unique assurance and is largely remembered with pride and gratitude. By Dr Geoffrey Best.
- Audio: Churchill and World War Two - Listen to the speeches that galvanised a nation at a time when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.
The Blitz and Evacuation
WW2 Movies: Evacuees
One in a series of five movies that tell the stories of those caught up in the maelstrom of World War Two.
- The Blitz: Sorting the Myth from the Reality by James Richards
- Evacuees in World War Two - the True Story by David Prest
- Surviving World War Two: The Bristol Evacuees by David Garmston
- Declaration of War on Germany
- Evacuation
Home Front
The German Threat to Britain in World War Two
How real was the threat of a German invasion in the summer of 1940, and how would Britain have defended itself? By Dan Cruickshank.
- Britain in the Early Years of World War Two
- Advertising and Information Posters Gallery
- War Diary of Nella Last
- Christmas Under Fire by Mike Brown
- Life in Britain for German Prisoners of War by James Richards
- The Home Guard and 'Dad's Army' by Graham McCann
- Women Under Fire in World War Two by Carol Harris
- Conscription Introduced
British History Timeline
Hands on History: WWII
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