World War II home front

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The World War II home front refers to the civilian sphere in Allied and Axis countries during the war, marked by mass mobilization of labor, rationing, propaganda, and social change as societies supported the military effort from afar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of World War II ⓘ
historical phenomenon ⓘ
social history topic ⓘ
appliesTo Allied countries ⓘ
Axis countries ⓘ
linked to: Axis powers
fieldOfStudy economic history ⓘ
military history ⓘ
social history ⓘ
hasEndTime 1945 ⓘ
hasKeyCharacteristic blackouts in urban areas ⓘ
censorship of the press ⓘ
changes in family life ⓘ
civil defense measures ⓘ
conscription of labor in some states ⓘ
evacuation of civilians in some countries ⓘ
expansion of state power ⓘ
food production campaigns ⓘ
government propaganda ⓘ
housing shortages in war industry regions ⓘ
increased female labor force participation ⓘ
internment and mass detention in some states ⓘ
labor-management cooperation programs ⓘ
mass mobilization of labor ⓘ
migration to industrial centers ⓘ
national unity campaigns ⓘ
patriotic education campaigns ⓘ
postwar social change ⓘ
price controls ⓘ
racial and ethnic tensions in some societies ⓘ
rationing of food and consumer goods ⓘ
salvage and recycling campaigns ⓘ
scientific and technological mobilization ⓘ
surveillance of political dissent ⓘ
use of prisoner-of-war labor in some countries ⓘ
use of propaganda films and radio ⓘ
volunteer civil defense organizations ⓘ
war bond campaigns ⓘ
war production ⓘ
war-related charity drives ⓘ
hasNotableExample British home front during World War II ⓘ
German home front during World War II ⓘ
Japanese home front during World War II ⓘ
Soviet home front during World War II ⓘ
United States home front during World War II ⓘ
hasStartTime 1939 ⓘ
influenced civil rights struggles in the United States ⓘ
postwar welfare state expansion in some countries ⓘ
women’s rights movements ⓘ
mainSubject civilian life during World War II ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ

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A League of Their Own → subject → World War II home front ⓘ
Korematsu v. United States (dissent) → relatedTo → World War II home front ⓘ
Executive Order 8757 → era → World War II home front ⓘ
Watertown Arsenal → peakEmployment → World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Julius A. Krug → participatedIn → World War II home front administration ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Agricultural Research Administration → operatedInThePeriod → World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Bureau of Community Facilities → hasActivityPeriod → World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
War Powers Act of 1941 → historicalPeriod → World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Olympia Reserve Fleet → inception → World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Henry Morgenthau Jr. → participatedIn → World War II home front (United States) ⓘ
subject linked to: Morgenthau
linked to: World War II home front
Second War Powers Act of 1942 → historicalPeriod → World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Freedom from Want → associatedWith → World War II home front ⓘ
Rosie the Riveter → mainSubject → World War II home front ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Rosie the Riveter"
Manzanar Pilgrimage → subject → World War II home front ⓘ
German resistance to Nazism → partOf → World War II home front in Germany ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
World War II home front → hasNotableExample → Japanese home front during World War II ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
The Greatest Generation → subject → home front in World War II ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
William Paterson → participatedIn → World War II home front activities ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
American history → coversPeriod → World War II era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Picture Post → coveredTopic → World War II home front ⓘ
subject linked to: Picture Post (early career)
Trudy Kockenlocker → plotDeviceContext → World War II home front ⓘ
The Doughgirls → mainTheme → World War II home front ⓘ
Genthin rail disaster of 1939 → partOf → World War II home front in Germany ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Pamela Tudsbury → involvedIn → World War II home front and combat-zone events ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
The Overlanders → mainSubject → World War II home front in Australia ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Tom Johnston → participatedIn → World War II home front administration ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Public Law 106-352 → topic → World War II home front ⓘ
Lucretia Edwards Park → commemorates → World War II home front ⓘ
Camp Lockett → associatedWith → World War II home front in California ⓘ
linked to: World War II home front
Clem Miniver → settingOfActivity → World War II home front ⓘ