Defense of the Realm Acts
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- Created on: 18-03-15 18:57
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- Defense of the Realm Acts
- Introduced 'British Summer Time'
- Meant that people could work for longer
- Put clocks forward 1 hour in the summer
- Compulsory rationing introduced in 1918
- Sugar, butter meat and beer
- Improved the diet of the poor
- No white bread, only brown
- Newspapers censored
- So that Germans did not get vital battle information
- Street lights were masked
- So German zeppelins could not see British towns
- Shop windows could not be lit
- It was illegal not to hang blackout blinds
- Took over land
- To grow crops and create the 'Land Army'
- So women could work on the land and farm
- So there was enough food
- The government got control over all media
- The news had to be approved
- Lots of propaganda about British soldiers and the Germans
- Stories of heroic deeds and victories were told
- Films were highly patriotic
- Originally only the radio
- The news had to be approved
- Cut down the time pubs could be open for
- Midday to 2:30PM
- 6:30PM to 9:30PM
- To stop drunkenness amongst workers
- Tax was raised
- To help fund the war
- £9 billion
- Some people donated money which was used and then paid back after the war
- Introduced 'British Summer Time'
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