what impact did WW2 have on life in britain?

Answer 1

We woz there!
My husband was evacuated when he was six with his 4 year old sister. They didn't see their father again (he was in the Army) till they returned to London 6 years later. A whole generation of children missed out on life with their own families and the families lost their kids.
Someone mentioned rationed fuel for cars - what cars? How many people had cars back in the 30's/40's and if you had them - no mechanics if anything went wrong, OK petrol was around 3 shillings a gallon but was only available for limited occupational workers; for transport vehicles it was coloured red. Most people rode bikes, or walked, caught trains and buses. Goods were mostly transported by goods trains till good old Dr. Beeching came along.
Sweet shops had bars of "chocolate" in their windows - paper wrapping around cardboard! Sugar was rationed right into the 50's.
Blackout - no street lights, no lights from any windows, no lights even on your bike.
Sharing a toothbrush between a family because you couldn't find one for love nor money.
Queues everywhere for food. Cut down clothes, wear your Mum's swimming costume when you are 7 with the legs down to your knees, "what do I do with a banana?" when you are 7 years old. Bread with every meal because it would fill you up, food (meat, butter, cheese, etc) measured out in ounces not in pounds, sorry, you've had you one-egg ration for this week and your 2 ounces of Cheddar; you had to register with a butcher or grocer and shop only with him - no shopping around. Only female teachers in schools, and Land Girls on the farms.
I too could go on forever. There are some books about War Time Britain which make interesting reading.

Answer 2

The major impact that WW2 had on life here in Britain was the shortages of just about everything from basic foods to tobacco and tea.

I was born in 1941 and grew up during the war.

Rationing in UK actually lasted for 15 years and did not finally end until c1952/1953, by which time I was already about 12 years old.

The other really big/major impact was the constant bombing. Thankfully I was not here for the Blitz [1940 Battle of Britain] but the bombing of our major cities and towns continued right on through the war unto the bitter end when the Nazis sent their flying bombs to kill us.

I heard one woman on the radio only this morning saying she was walking in Regent's Park [London] on D-Day and a Nazi bomb dropped down only a few yards away. She did not say if anyone got killed, but there were quite a few people in the park as it was early summer and sunny, a bit.

Answer 3

Hi
What a question, were do i begin?
1/the introduction of restrictive employment laws
2/introduction of rationing, the amount of what you could buy to eat and clothe your family, and fuel for the house or car
3/A light curfew, or black out
4/censorship of mail
5/Compulsory call up for the armed forces
6/call up to the home guard and other civilian supports such as fire warden
7/The introduction of other races when the USA ,Canadian,and Commonwealth tropes came over
8/the vast amount of women how took- up jobs in factories, and all measure of construction and farming.
I am sure I have missed a few but I hope this helps

Answer 4

Killed a lot of people.
Destroyed some class divisions
Destroyed a lot of property.
Introduced rationing of food and other essentials.
Led to the break up of the British Empire.
Landed future generations with a massive financial debt to the USA which has only recently been paid of.
Gave the British people a socialist government which nationalised major industries, free health care and social welfare.

Answer 5

The submarines in WWI, through fact the British has no thank you to counter them. The tactics they used have been additionally seen "rude" and unorthodox which unfold a lot of anger among the British. while a deliver commonly sunk yet another deliver, the positive deliver might pass and %. up the survivors as POWs from the different deliver. German submarines on no account did this, and attacking ships with none warning replaced into seen unfair. you moreover could could desire to evaluate the term. Such "fairness" and "manners" have been had to Europe through fact WWI replaced into no longer the conflict it replaced into meant to be. With the gadget gun, submarines and tanks delivered to the conflict, it replaced war continuously and made it into something thoroughly new to the Europeans and the international.

Answer 6

food/clothes/petrol rationing.
women had to fill the jobs left by the men who went to war,as well looking after the home and kids.
bombing destroyed many homes
discouraged from unnessary travel /holidays
families separated-kids evacuated-fathers at war
constant worry about loved ones

Answer 7

Massive affect; it hit our economy hard - we really didn't get over it until the 70's - unlike mainland Europe. It also sped up the dissolution of the empire.

Answer 8

Well, it dumbed down exams and created shorter attention spans for fatter kids who unable to do the reading needed to so they could pass their dumbed down exams.

.......Amongst other things.

Sash.

Answer 9

looking at the state of the country now, naff all

Answer 10

It made children too lazy to research their own homework.