100 Facts About Civilian Wartime Life Rationing, Blackouts, Evacuation, and the Everyday Heroism of Ordinary People on the Home Front for Curious Adults
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ePUB 3
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
06.09.2026
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AI
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BGB LearnSeitenzahl
108 (Printausgabe)
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812 KB
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Englisch
EAN
6610001361402
If you have ever read a novel set in wartime and wondered what the kitchen sounded like while the sirens were off, this book answers with the rattle of ration books, the thud of a Morrison shelter table, and the low hum of a radio that carried both news and rumor. 100 Facts About Civilian Wartime Life collects 100 short true stories from the home fronts of 12 nations between 1939 and 1945. Each fact stands alone so you can read straight through or dip in for 5 minutes, yet together they build a clear map of how ordinary days kept an industrial war running. Inside, you will discover: . How rationing really worked, from the 40% of American vegetables grown in victory gardens to the week 1 pound of sugar had to last 5 weeks, the 2 layer point system that let shoppers choose, and the black market that shadowed every rule . How blackouts, shelters and sirens shaped nights, from 57 consecutive nights over London to the Anderson shelter buried in the garden, the Underground platforms where families slept, and the warden who walked the dark street with a torch . How work and money moved, with 6,000,000 women joining United States factories, the Land Girls working English farms, scrap drives that collected 1000s of tons of metal, and war bonds that financed 65% of spending . How fear and hope were managed, through propaganda, BBC broadcasts, morale campaigns, and the quiet resilience that let a family queue for butter, plant potatoes on a factory roof, and still find a reason to laugh Built from ration cards, diaries and official reports, the book names where evidence is debated and where a favorite myth gives way to a plainer truth. You meet evacuated children with labels tied to coats, welders who learned a trade in 2 weeks, and farmers who measured sacrifice in cups of fat saved for explosives. If you want a grounded and human tour of the war that was fought in kitchens, factories and shelters, these 100 facts give you the texture and the takeaways to understand it.
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