WW2 Homefront

Clams, like most other bivalves, spend their days slowly moving across the ocean floor, using a long, muscular "foot" to propel them across the sand. As they go, they use an organ called a siphon to suck up debris on the sandy floor. The siphon is a long, tubular organ that uses suction to pull in whatever tasty morsels the clam can find, including plant and animal matter as well as waste products excreted by other seagoing animals (the waste often contains "leftovers" from whatever the animal ate; these pre-digested remnants are a perfect meal for the clam).

They had ration books which had coupons in. Every time they wanted to buy something they had to had their book to the shop keeper and they would cross of the coupons which they were using. After they had finished their book they had to go to a person and they would check if they had finished up all of the tokens and if they had then they would give them another book. After the war had ended rationing still had to happen because it took them a little while before they had got all the food back. I hope that answers your Question :D .

lots but I'm guessing not as many as the boys. boys were put in the war first so tons of boys and less girls I'm also going to guess this percentage. 75% of boys 25% of girls. that's a guess don't take it seriously. I'm guessing after all.

Second Answer: 300,000 women served in World War 2 as nurses and in desk jobs and at radar installations and many other positions such as pilots who shuttled planes.. Not one fought in the war because women were not allowed in combat until the last decade or so. So the answer is zero.

That does not mean no women in the world fought. The Underground Resistance Network women and women of Russia and other nations did fight, shoot guns and fly in combat.

Because of the efforts of these women the women of today can fight. Congressional people and Senators voted to allow women in combat after enough women complained.

Wagons were used widely after the production of cars... The first car is credited to Benz in 1893, however Ford started mass production in 1910 of automobiles which lowered the use of wagons... People still use horse and buggy wagons today in Lancaster area of Pennyslvania, PA. They are the Amish. The Wagon phase died out as widespread transportation in the 1930s and 1940's though

Propaganda was mainly to promote patriotism and get people into spirit of the war. There were many posters in America showing that the Nazis were evil and should be stopped. In Germany there was also propaganda to get the people to persecute the Jewish people. The propaganda was to support the idea that everyone could be involved. The posters of Rosie the Riveter are a great example to show that it was a well liked idea that women could work on things like putting together planes and automobiles while the men were off fighting. Other posters promoted the idea of secrecy or not talking about the troops to save their lives. One poster had a picture of a woman on a telephone chatting away and it said that because she talked hundreds of soldiers died.

they used marshmellows and lollipos and all things yummy no one died and people were healed with condoms thats just being stupid. people want proper awnsers. it was probably the spitfire but im no expert. _____________________________________________________________________ If you will accept an answer from a contributor who is merely on alcohol instead of chemical drugs, here goes: The armies that could afford them used tanks. All armies used rifles with bayonets. Mostly they were bolt-action rifles, but the semi-auto US M1 rifle designed by the Canadian John Garand was also in use. The German G43 rife was better, but the Germans made fewer of them. The Germans also made the world's first assault rifle, the Stg44. Interesting story with this new weapon, but this contributor will resist the urge to digress. The question was about main types. The navies of World War 2 used several warship types. Battleships, carriers, cruisers, and destroyers were the main ones. As warplanes improved, the battleship was superseded by the carrier before the war ended. The carrier was much more important in the Pacific theater, and the US-Japanese war was a duel between carriers. The Germans and Italians had no carriers, but the British had them, and they used them effectively in the Atlantic and in the Med. The air forces of World War 2 were mostly obsolete when the war began, but improved types appeared before the war ended. The fighter and bomber were the predominant types, but there were many others (strafers for example). Interceptors are still used today, but dive bombers, torpedo bombers, and night fighters were obsolete shortly after the war. The first two were replaced by guided missiles. And since the 1960's all fighters carry radar which enables them to operate at night or in bad weather.

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Actually, most people have heard that Gary klegg of Maine first introduced this type of product in 1998, after his mother sewed an arm to his sleeping bag.

At least that's the accepted story.

Now, for the rest of the story...

Sometime around 1990, when I finished my undergrad at Asbury College (Asbury University now), I had an idea for a long, warm blanket with sleeves. I was an avid reader and got tired of having to take my hand out from under the blanket to turn the page. (It was hard enough to hold the book!) I was going to call it, naturally...The Book Blanket.

I drew the plans on a sketch pad and presented it to my grandmother with high hopes of enlisting her help to create one that I could present as a prototype. Within one week she had one sewn together. She had used an old yellow-ish blanket and two sleeves from one of my grandpa's thermal underwear tops. It was not 'identical' to my drawing, which was a more flowing, less confining pattern, but grandma had captured the basic idea (and it was free, so I wasn't complaining).

I went down to Columbus, OH to do some patent research, fully intending to patent my new invention. I entered Seminary soon thereafter, stayed to get my Doctorate, and just put the 'Book Blanket' on the back burner. I wish I had followed through, providing page-turning freedom to book lovers everywhere, but I'm glad someone was able to bring it to market to emancipate and warm the masses. It's obviously been a 'hit'! - Dr. Scott McQuate

Minorities on the homefront during WWII worked as hard as every one else. Often, they were the man-power of the work crews. They cleared land for military installations, highways, and POW camps. They worked in the mills processing the lumber from these clearings. The worked in the motor pools repairing the equipment and machinery. They, too, worked in factories. The women became nurses or LVNs and worked in hospitals. They worked in laboratories and factories.

The World Wars, especially the Second, transformed American foreign policy from highly isolationist to world superpower and heavily expansionist. Not expansionist in the more traditional imperial (aka. we militarily conquer and subdue other nations) sense of the word, but rather in an economic and ideological sense---mostly to stop Soviet expansionist policy.

basically women were treated as machines of reproduction to reproduce soldiers for the country......As housewives and mothers, their lives were controlled. Women were not expected to wear make-up or trousers. The dyeing of hair was not allowed nor were perms. Only flat shoes were expected to be worn. Women were discouraged from slimming as this was considered bad for child birth. Women were encouraged to have a well built figure as slim women, so it was taught, would have problems in pregnancy…….Women were also discouraged from smoking - not because it was linked to problems with pregnancies - but because it was considered non-German to do so.

President Truman responded by moving forward with a new nuclear weapon. He also created the Truman Doctrine to contain the advancement of communism by providing support to any nation threatened by communism.

The role of "spies" in W.W.2 was a major component. They were controlled by the dept. in Britain called S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive,) whose H.Q. was in Baker st. London. their job was recruiting agents in the country that they were serving in,France,Belgium,Norway, Denmark,etc.each country had its own controlling desk.they also gathered inteligence info.of troop movements,defence constuction which the invasion forces would have to overcome,whenever that would be,Anything that might prove valuable,and also carried out sabotage. They were trained at Camp "X" at Oshawa in Ontario,Canada and at secret country houses in U.K. The British Secret Inteligence Service had been formed about 1906,but S.O.E. was a different unit,just as O,S.S. was different from Hoover's F.B.I. U.S. agents fom the O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Service,)Formed by Col. (Wild Bill) Donovan a W.W.1 hero and millionaire Layer in 1942 also trained at Camp "X". they outgrew any foreign help and its teams swarmed all over Europe and North Africa. By the end of the war Allen Dulles its chief in Switzerland was running a powerful network. O.S.S. was closed after the war, but resurrected during the "cold war" as the C.I.A. (Central Inteligence Agency). Other Governments-in-exile were also running their own security services, including the Russian N.K.V.D.and G.R.U.

You can look in books and old magazines for pictures to see what the clothes looked like. Except for stylistic differences they were essentially the same kind of clothes people wear today. Men wore suits and ties to dress up, jeans and work shirts otherwise. Women were much more likely to wear dresses rather than pants and skirts never came above the knees. Almost everybody wore hats. Michael Montagne My mother once told me an interesting story about dressing up to go out during the war. Being in England they didn't have access to luxury items like stockings (unless they got them off an American soldier...), so some women would rub oil on their legs, and then take an eybrow pencil to draw a fake stocking seam up the back of the leg. They had to be inventive in those days. Most of the time, my mother and father wore the uniform provided for them by the army, but Dad had to wear a civilian shirt underneath because the rough uniform material made him itch. Depending on the country you may be thinking of -the occupied countries of Europe most people would only wear civilian clothes in current fashion. In Britain people in the workplace wore the protective overalls of their job when at work, but when the workday ended they came home to a meagre meal before putting on a uniform to report for service in the war effort during the evening and sometimes overnight,such jobs as firefighter,home guard,observer corps (watching for invading aircraft),fire -watching (to report fires started by enemy bombers, air-raid wardens,auxilliary police,Nurses aid, many uniforms,then after a few hours sleep they would be back at their work station for another day. The civilian styles for ladies had exaggerated,padded shoulders to make them look broad shouldered. their hats favoured the mens trilby style,(this can be seen in the film "Casablanca" as worn by the heroin.Men were mostly in military uniform of their particular service. the clothes in those times were very plain and simple because they could not afford more pretty clothes im nos sure of this answer but i think that they wore suits and ties always with hats(the soldiers wore uniform) and the women wore long dresses or shirts and long skirts,they were very simple because people couldn't afford expensive things... Ask your nanny or grandad if they lived threw the war and ask them what where would where! women usually wore long plain skirts with usually white or pink type tops. men and boys wore green or black trousers with shirts (white or green).

Anderson shelters were small air raid shelters sold to people in Britain very cheaply to assemble in their backyard. They were basically 6-8 pieces of corrugated steel sheet that made a small hut when assembled. They were supposed to dig a small hole for the floor area and then build the shelter in it and cover it with earth from the hole. They held about 6 people sitting on benches either side.

If this question relates to shortages during World War Two in Great Britain then I would suggest the following. Bananas. These came primarily from the West Indies and shipping space could not be made available for what was seen as a non-essential food. Secondly fresh Oranges. These last came either from Spain which was officially neutral but supported the axis so did not make oranges available or from the USA which could supply but was asked to supply orange concentrate rather than fresh oranges as this took up less space on convoy ships.

The United States competed with the Soviet Union during the Cold War by containing the Soviet Union from spreading communism. The U.S. did this by forming NATO, a group formed by President Truman in order to contain communism.

British losses: 1,600 killed in action 3321 died from disease

American losses: 2260 killed in action, 15,000 died from disease

22,200 estimated deaths in the war

A typical American soldier in world war 2 was anywhere from the age of 17-45, from almost every city in America, small and large. He was usually brave on his shell but inside more scared than most humans have ever felt. He was patriotic, heroic, and keen.

School was quite hard during the second world war as they had to salout Hitler everyday and if they didnt the teachers would be executed.

After World War 2 and the Korean War Americans had a good economy. They also had many new inventions to enjoy. They began to buy new cars, new houses, radios/hi fidelity units, televisions, some families began to get more than one phone in their homes and even phones for their teenagers. They bought new appliances and anything else they could afford. The "pay as you go" fever hit them too. The teens even had more money. They could buy records, record players, magazines, old cars or new cars, nice clothes and whatever else tickled their desires. The Americans went on a spending spree for many decades. They did not really start to cut back until the oil prices went to outer space.

£100.every week you get 5 pounds so you would have to wait for 20 weeks