Women during World War 2 (WW2) - Primary Homework Help.
See links to the left of this page. Other websites. BBC World War Two Discover what life was like for Children growing up during the Second World War.The Women's Land Army. What was the Women's Land Army? As the prospect of war became increasingly likely, the government wanted to increase the amount of food grown within Britain. In order to grow more food, more help was needed on the farms and so the government started the Women's Land Army. When was it started?World War 2 is now the deadliest war in human history with around 70 million people killed. Browse our range of teaching resources for KS2 students, covering the events of World War Two. Choose from interactive, printable worksheets on a range of topics such as the Blitz, evacuation and the Home Front.
The children at Compton Primary School in Plymouth have written letters summing up perfectly how evacuees must have felt. BBC Evacuees' Letters These extracts from letters sent by a mum to a girl called Delia, who was evacuated from London to the country. George - An Evacuee's Letters George was evacuated early September 1939.What was the Blitz? The heavy and frequent bombing attacks on London and other cities was known as the 'Blitz'. Night after night, from September 1940 until May 1941, German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas. London was bombed ever day and night, bar one, for 11 weeks. One third of London was destroyed.
By September 1939 some 38 million gas masks had been given out, house to house, to families. They were never to be needed. Why were people given gas masks during the war? Why did people wer gas masks? Everyone in Britain was given a gas mask in a cardboard box, to protect them from gas bombs, which could be dropped during air raids.
