History GCSE

Home Front

What Home Front means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Home Front

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The organisation of civilian life during the First and Second World Wars, involving mass mobilisation, rationing and civilian recruitment into industries.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 12: c1900–present: Warfare and British society in the modern era - 2 The experience of war (study guide)

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Option 12: c1900–present: Warfare and British society in the modern era - 2 The experience of war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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