Those Were the Days Britain in the 40s

The 1940s were dominated by the War For the first half of the decade Britain was under siege Thousands of men joined up to fight in the services hundreds of thousands of children were evacuated from Britains cities to the relative safety of the countryside and life changed completely for the nations women They did their bit for the war effort going to work on the land and filling in for men in Britains factories Britains families were subjected to almost constant rationing and austerity throughout the decade