Preparations for war in Britain
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- Preparations for War in Britain.
- 1939 -Britain in a better place to fight in than 1938.
- Air Raid Wardens
- September 1939 - 1.5 million people in Air Raid Precations (ARP).
- Women's roles as air raid wardens:
- to work from home.
- to register people in their sector.
- to enforce 'Blackouts'
- to sound sirens during an air attack.
- to help people to communal shelters.
- to carry out first aid.
- most wardens were volunteers.
- Air Raid Shelters
- Government supplied all citizens with one.
- Anderson Shelters
- People were instructed to dig a hole in their garden and cover their shelter with soil.
- Designed to prevent people from falling brickwork.
- They were not popular because it meant sleeping outside.
- Morrison Shelter
- Given out in 1941.
- Steel cages which fitted underneath a dining room table.
- Useful for families that didn't have a garden.
- Government didn't allow the use of underground stations at first
- allowed because early attacks were so severe.
- Popular because families could socialise with others.
- Radar, Barrage Balloons & Anti-aircraft guns.
- Radar stations made it possible to track German planes.
- Sector stations that would act as a nerve centre collecting information from the Radars.
- Barrage balloons forced enemy aircraft's to fly at higher altitudes.
- made bombing less accurate.
- proved to be invaluable during the Blitz.
- Anti-aircraft guns were capable of rapid high-rate fire.
- 120 rounds per minute.
- Radar stations made it possible to track German planes.
- Conscription
- Introduced in April 1939.
- the Military Training Act -Compulsory for single men aged 20-22 to join the armed forces.
- September 1939 - Armed forces made it compulsory for men aged 18-41 to join the armed forces.
- 1938 - Schedule of Reserved Occupations'
- It gave exemption from conscription to skilled workers in certain jobs.
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