The outbreak of war brought many new rules and regulations, the most notable being the Defence of the Realm Act, (DORA), passed on 8 August 1914 'for securing public safety'. It regulated virtually every aspect of the British home front. Though it was...
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Liberal politician and statesman, 'H H Asquith' was Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1908 and 1916. His pre-war liberal government laid the foundations of today's 'welfare state' introducing old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Social...
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Hunger stalked the civilian populations of all the combatant nations. Agriculture and food distribution suffered from strains imposed by the war and naval blockades reduced food imports. Some countries met this threat more successfully than others. The...
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The First World War was 'total' in nature largely because of the huge demands placed upon entire populations in the pursuit of victory. State controls were increasingly deemed necessary. Compulsory military service was the most obvious form of state...
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Britain went to war on 4 August 1914. The German invasion of Belgium, the independence of which Britain had guaranteed in 1839, united the nation behind the Liberal government of Herbert Asquith. Many in Britain, as in the other warring nations, expected...
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Civilians were regarded as legitimate targets during the First World War. Invading armies attacked civilians in their path as they forcibly overran territory. All over Europe, people were forced to flee and take refuge in safe, but often alien, territory...
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As the scale and the duration of the First World War escalated, the priority for every combatant nation was to ensure that their armed forces had sufficient weaponry, supplies and equipment. In Britain, the newly-created Ministry of Munitions assumed...
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Pressure from women for their own uniformed service to assist the war effort began in August 1914. Many organisations sprang up, such as the Women’s Volunteer Reserve and Lady Londonderry’s Women’s Legion, which provided cooks for Army camps. The Women’s...
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When war broke out in 1914 there were many women in the workforce but many jobs and professions were closed to them. Before the war most women’s work tended to fall into traditional female categories such as social work, nursing, teaching, dressmaking,...