The Home Front was considered an invaluable part of the war effort and this section takes a closer look at what life was like prior to VE Day, where gas masks were a necessity, sugar a rarity and enemy bombs a devastating reality. But despite the loss...
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and the Royal Family threw themselves into the festivities with a little more gusto than was customary for the nation’s leaders. Formal duties had to be observed first. Churchill had lunch with the King and Queen at...
America was still mourning the passing of its wartime leader, President Franklin D Roosevelt, a few weeks earlier. Though flags were at half-mast for the 30-day mourning period, thousands of people flooded into Times Square in New York and ticker tape...
Life had been in turmoil for six harrowing years. When Brits on the home front weren’t being bombarded with high explosives, they had been hit by official diktats ruling every aspect of their lives. Turn off the lights, keep calm, don’t be defeatist,...