The British and German Home Fronts during World War II.
There are many truths of war that were evidenced in both Germany and Britain during World War II. First was destruction, second was death, third was rebuilding. Destruction came to the homes, businesses, schools, churches, and lives of millions of civilians in Great Britain and Germany alike during the conflict. Death came by the tens of thousands. Rebuilding took decades. While one side 'won' the war and the other 'lost', it can be argued that, at least for the civilians of these two nations, (to use a tired clich¨¦) there were no winners. Both nations made massive efforts on the civilian front to support their nation's war effort, to protect their homeland, and to continue living normal lives as best they could under all conditions. Where the true difference was made evident between the two home fronts was during the rebuilding period. Britain was a free nation buoyed by triumph and the fact that they had never been invaded, only bombed. Germany, however, faced invasion, was no longer free to determine its form of self-government, was divided into two separate nations against itself, and lost much of its identity. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the similarities and differences found on the home fronts of both Great Britain and Germany during World War II
