History GCSE
Impact on civilian populations
What Impact on civilian populations means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Where armies fought or were stationed, populations faced requisitioning of food and goods, damage to crops and property, disruption of trade and, at worst, violence and displacement.
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