1940s
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The 1940sBy Amy Underwood
WW2
Blitz – a sudden military attack
WW2
The Woolton Pie• Rationing of the countries food meant that people needed to make food
that would save and could be turned into new things. For instance if a family made a stew one night they could use the left overs with a mixture of vegetables to make the Woolton pie
WW2
Bevin Boys
• Were conscripted young British men who worked in the coal mines from 1943 - 1948
WW2
Denazification
• The removal of Nazis from leading social positions
Film and TV
• Films were used to increase the moral of the average people• Were mostly about love, conquering evil or the war itself
Music
Medicine
• Penicillin 1945
• Plastic surgery 1942
• Anaesthesia 1942
Inventions
• Colour TV – meant war propaganda was on TV but only the wealthy had this luxury
• Computer
• Microwave oven – women worked during war so made it easier for them to do household chores
• Atomic bomb
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