History GCSE
Wartime agriculture
What Wartime agriculture means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Wartime agriculture
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The 'Dig for Victory' campaign repurposed public spaces such as Victoria Park and the Tower of London moat into allotments, increasing food production.
Topics that use Wartime agriculture
- Option 12: The historic environment - 1 London and the Second World War, 1939–45 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Air-raid precautions
- Anderson shelters
- Civilian morale
- evacuation
- gas masks
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- port and industrial centre
- Wartime disruption
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