Defence of the realm act (DORA)
mind map of the important points about the Defence of the Realm Act
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- Created on: 05-04-13 09:23
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- DORA
- defence of the realm act
- war time act to help war effort and improve war support at home
- Rationing
- propaganda supporting recycling and re-use of waste
- introduced 1918
- at start of war, national panic led people to hoard food, shops soon ran out.
- only a real problem near the end of the war due to german blockades
- at start of war, national panic led people to hoard food, shops soon ran out.
- beer was watered down
- no-one was allowed to give bread to horses or chickens
- government could take over land at any time
- 1917 they took around 2.5 million acres of land for farming
- womans land army
- worked land while men were fighting
- state secrecy
- no-one could talk about millitary matters in public
- no-one could buy binoculars
- propaganda campaign to enforce paranoia about enemy spies
- no-one could melt down gold, light bonfires or fire works, write in invisible ink while abroad, or ring church bells
- no-one could talk about millitary matters in public
- censorship
- the government could censor any newspaper
- British Summer Time
- increased working hours during summer to make use of light during longer days
- increased productivity of factories and farms for the war effort
- increased working hours during summer to make use of light during longer days
- defence of the realm act
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