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Rationing got even tighter than during WW2. In January 1946, for the first time ever, bread(!) was rationed. Britain had lost its great power status, but hardly anyone was willing to acknowledge that for some years. The country was still closely regulated, as in WW2. For example, one could be asked at any time by a police officer on duty to produce one's government-issued ID card ...
On the whole, people were earning well but like in WW2 there wasn't much to spend the money on. Even buying luxuries wasn't really an option, as most of them were exported. For example, Wedgwood's, the well known English top-o'-the-range ceramics company, was ordered by the government to export 90% of its production, as the country desperately needed foreign exchange. For very high earners, the top rate of tax was 82.5% (plus a 15% surcharge on investment income). People were just told to be very brave and even more British than ever and just take it all on the chin.
To Americans, all this must sound utterly shocking. It's often said that George Orwell's satire "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was directed primarily at Britain in the 1940s.
The Attlee government expanded the welfare state that promised(?) to look after us all from 'the cradle to the grave'. (There was even a government grant towards the cost of one's funeral). The government made a really great official fuss of kids, gave them extra milk and vitamins, and at school they were told that if there were very bright and worked extremely hard, lack of money wouldn't be allowed to prevent them 'getting to the top'. (This referred to central and local government scholarships and grants for university).
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What did Winston Chur chill do in world war 2?
He was the prime minster of the UK
Was there a ban on nuclear weapons after world war 2?
No. After WW2 nukes were not banned, they were more like mass produced by the US and the USSR, followed by UK and France.
Which nation won World War 1?
World War I was won by Allied!World War I was not won by a single country; rather, it was won by The Allied forces which comprised of France, UK, Russia, USA and Japan.
Why is World War 2 called a world war?
It was called a world war because something like 42 nations world wide were involved in the war either as enemies of Japan, Germany and Italy or as allies of Russia, the USA and the UK. There were over 60 million people who were killed or injured in that war. Millions of people fought in that war. So it definitely was a world war and the biggest one and the deadliest one. It was fought in all major parts of the world, except the poles and the Americas. Europe and the Asia-Pacific were the main areas, but also in Africa.
Did every country fight in the World War 2?
Not every country fought in World War II. The main countries that fought in World War II were the US, UK, France, and China, versus Germany, Italy and Japan.
What were the World War 1 UK minefields like?
Dangerous
How long did it take for life to go back to normal after World War 2 in the UK?
baby oh
Who were the 2 allies of US ofthe wars war world 1 and war world 2?
World War 1: The UK, and Japan. World War 2: The UK, and Russia.
How man soldiers went in World War 1 from UK?
209,85 people went into world war one from the uk
How many uk soldiers died in the first and second world war?
In the First World War, about 703,000 UK soldiers died. About 383,000 died in the Second World War.
Was the UK in World War 1 and World War 2?
Yes. Both of them.
Were the soldiers in World War 1 all from the UK?
No
What is the uk's bonus on world war?
water units
What was the UK fighting for in world war 2?
Survival
What was rationed in the uk in world war 2?
everything
What would the UK be like now if the Axis won World War 2?
Under a Nazi dictatorship and speaking German.
What are world war 11 allies?
if you mean world war 2 the us the UK an ussr would be examples.
