The Battle of Rzhev is marked in Soviet history as one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Great Patriotic War. Rzhev was occupied by German

George Johnston’s classic of Australian war literature

German soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Wehrmacht share drinks and dance in a small village courtyard during a lull in battle in southern Russia. The countless hours of inaction during...

The Ukrainian lieutenant was in a firing position on the Eastern Front, commanding an artillery unit that relied on M777 howitzers and other large weapons

HU 36171. A newspaper seller carrying a placard announcing that Britain had declared war on Germany.

~ British Home Front poster, c. 1914-1918 via Imperial War Museum

On The Home Front: Original Wartime Recipes from The Great War1914 to 1918, with main course recipes, snacks and tea time treats.

On The Home Front: Original Wartime Recipes from The Great War1914 to 1918, with main course recipes, snacks and tea time treats.

Fighting the war at home. This resource has been archived as the interactive parts no longer work. You can still use the rest of it for information, tasks or research. Please note that it has not been updated since its creation in 2009. Go to Home Front 1939-1945 Nearly all of the content of this site […]

The photographs, which feature in a new book London: A Portrait Of A City, take the reader from the taverns of the 19th century to the new romanticism of the 70s and 80s and beyond.

Women On The Home Front 1939 - 1945, Women in the Voluntary Services: Members of the Women’s Institute selling home produce on stalls at Malton, Yorkshire, England. Photograph shows Lady Worsley...

This gallery is dedicated to the people and the spirit of America's greatest generation. They are those who lived, died and endured through World War II both on the Homefront and in the services. These images from compiled from flickr will give you a glimpse of life lived during the 1940s, news, culture, and of course the music. Please feel free to let me know what you think. This and other Homefront 1940s galleries of mine are also dedicated to my late mother, Sally. She spent her teen years, growing up, on the Homefront.

World War Two, England, 1938. The family at home, tuning in to hear the news on the radio news. They have gas masks at the ready.

Woman Of The Civil Defence Knitting At The Entrance Of An Air Raid Shelter In London On 1939

This weekend in Clydebank has been the anniversary of 2 nights of bombing by the German Airforce in 1941. Clydebank knew it would be a target at sometime and there had been many false alarms since the war began. The chief targets were the Admiralty Fuel Depot, John Brown's Shipyard, the Singer Sewing Machine factory( now producing bombs and bullets) and some other targets too. So, when on Thursday 13th March, the sirens sounded over the town, many thought that it was just another false alarm. But they were wrong. And even as the sirens were still sounding, the first bombs began to fall. The initial wave of aircraft dropped incendiary bombs, which began fires at one end of the town at the Fuel depot, in the middle of the town at the woodpile in the Singer Factory, and a depot at the far end of the town. These fires would still be burning when the second night of bombing began 24 hours later. So when the heavy bombers arrived over the town, it was an easy target. There were some defenses. There were barrage balloons and some anti aircraft guns too. The Glasgow Squadron of fighters was scrambled. But the plan there was that the artillery guns would force the bombers to fligh high, where the RAF fighters would take them on as they flew above the flak level. But in fact, the bombers flew very low, and the fighters were stood down after an hour or so. My mother had been at a school choir practise as the sirens went off. She and her pal tried to reach home, but they had to seek shelter in a close near Hamilton Street. Her pal ran across the road to the house where she lived. The house was hit, and her pal was killed. My mother spent the night sheltering in a close. By the morning, all was chaos. Fires everywhere, communications limited, roads blocked, low water pressure, and collapsed and burning houses everywhere. In one building, a family of 14, the Rocks Family were all killed, except the dad who was at work. In that street alone 150 people were killed. Throughout the day brave attempts were made to put out fires, rescue those trapped and recover those who were dead. But as evening closed in, many people fled the town for fear of another raid. And they were right. A second night of bombing began, with waves of aircraft during the night. This time everyone who could moved to air raid shelters. By the following morning, only 7 houses remained undamaged in the town. Most people had lost everything. Hurried arrangements were made to bus as amany as possible to places of safety. Many of those folk would never return, and the community would never completely recover. For obvious reasons, publicity was restricted, the newspapers reporting a raid on a Clydeside town, with a few casualties. The official death toll was given as 528. One warden, when he heard that number said, "Which street was that?" The feeling still is that the numbers killed were much higher. Today there are few signs left of the Blitz. The Shipyard has gone, the Singer factory is no longer, and most of the Buildings have been demolished, though if you look you can see sharpanel marks on some of the remaining sandstone tenements. Some years later, a Christian group from Germany came to Clydebank to build a community centre. If you wish to find out more, there are many links on the internet. On the BBC news, on newspapers like The Evening Times, and on the Clydebank council website and Libraries pages. www.tommckendrick.com/code/blitzintro_alt.htm www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/blitz

@AfricanArchives Sgt. Johnson’s Regiment was known as the Harlem Hellfighters. Despite facing segregation and racial discrimination at home, the Harlem Hellfighters served on the front lines longer than any other American unit, for 191 days. They earned their nickname from German soldiers who…

A Promise of Home is a sweet home front novel of the WWII era. I love that it's based on a true story and enjoyed reading it.

Michelle Obama digging for a new kitchen garden at the South Lawn. Photo APF. Today, The New York Times run an article about Michelle Obama's new project - digging up a kitchen garden to grow food at the South Lawn of the White House. This the second time a vegetable garden has been planted at the White House; the first time was when Eleanor Roosevelt did so in 1943, encouraging people to return to the "victory gardens" that had been popular during the first world war, when this country experienced food shortages. Mrs Roosevelt's garden became hugely popular as an inspiration and some 20m Americans followed her lead, which meant that by the end of the war they grew 40% of the nation's vegetables. KAn American Victory garden contest poster from the Second World War. What a healthy looking young lady, ready to hoe...! K I think it is extremely heartwarming to read about Mrs Obama's aspirations as a kitchen gardener. And truly, she could not have chosen a better time for her growing project. Not only the recession makes it worthwhile for people to try to save money by growing their own food, but there other considerations too; people are worried about the safety of their food, they want to eat more healthily, and are concerned about the climate change. Already, seed companies are experiencing substantial growth in sales; just a bit more than a week ago, Seattle Times reported how seed sales are up 20 to 30 percent at wholesalers because of the bad economy and worries about genetically modified crops. Burpee, the world's largest seed company, said in the same article that it is selling thousands of a $10 "Money Garden" package that it says will grow $650 worth of vegetables. Now, everything is relative and despite the tough economic times we certainly are not in a middle of a world war, but still, if Michelle Obama gets anything near as many followers as Mrs Roosevelt, this really could be a change to make a difference. An English Victory garden poster, also from the Second World War. Gardening seems to be serious business, done by two middle aged men, no pretty ladies here... K Mrs Obama herself says in the interview, that besides providing food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, the organic garden's most important role will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at a time when obesity and diabetes have become a national concern. Of course she won't be digging all by herself, but will have a full time gardener and help from her staff and also from local school classes (excellent initiative!), but she still promises that the first family will be hands-on gardeners weeding and cultivating the land themselves (and I can't wait for the photos of them, together weeding the highly visible plot on the South Lawn). So, while totally in tune with the tough economic times with a her "victory garden", Mrs Obama is in fact fighting a much larger and long-term war, which is one against the thoughtless junk food culture leading to ill health and environmental problems. I guess most of us garden people will make a "V" for Victory - for Michelle's new kitchen garden. Happy weekend - and good gardening to you all! For more, see the The New York Times article.

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Georgiana, Helen, Louisa and Caroline Dillon on the steps of Clonbrock House. Included in the photo are Zoe (shaggy terrier) and Ness, the Dillon Dogs. Date: 10 November 1863 NLI Ref.: CLON1689