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18 Cards in this Set
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Effects of Great Depression |
1932 3 million unemployed Shopping production fell by over 1000% People not buying British goods 1931 government out of money |
1932 Shipping Goods Government |
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Government actions |
Salaries cut by 10% Income tax raised |
Tax Salaries |
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1934 |
Means test |
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Effects on life |
Unemployment- £1.46 weekly wage for family Health-4.5 million inadequate diets Housing-1935 12% 2 to a room |
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Harrow crusade |
Lots of shipyards In Jarrow closed meaning in 1933 80% lost jobs. 200 finest sent 292 miles |
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Ww2 |
1939 |
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Phoney war |
38 million gas masks 400 million sandbags Poisonous snakes |
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Dunkirk |
1940 860 ships |
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Churchill prime minister |
1940 |
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Blitz |
Sep 1940 - may 1941 43,000 killed 2 million homeless |
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Evacuation |
Began 1939 sep 4 days - 3 million evacuated |
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V1 |
Long range missile 1 ton of explosives 1.5 million fled 6000 killed |
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Luftwaffe defeated |
Sep 15 |
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Disadvantages |
2 weeks- 295 planes destroyed 103 pilots killed |
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Why British won |
Radar Downing Spitfire and hurricane |
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Why Hitler lost |
Backing of USA Made tactical mistakes Germany out produced |
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V2 |
Couldn't be shot down 2700 killed |
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Women |
1941 unmarried women 20-30 conscripted Drivers code breakers factories 80,000 volunteered for land army |
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