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    The document outlines four key topics about Britain during World War 2 and its aftermath: 1) The impact of the Great Depression from 1931-1939, including high unemployment, public spending cuts, and events like the Jarrow Crusade. 2) Britain during World War 2 from 1939-1945, including major military events like Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, D-Day, and Germany's defeat. 3) The British home front during the war, covering issues like the Blitz, evacuation, rationing, and the roles of women and the Home Guard. 4) Labour coming to power after the war from 1945-1951, including establishing the welfare state through acts like the National Insurance Act

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    The document outlines four key topics about Britain during World War 2 and its aftermath: 1) The impact of the Great Depression from 1931-1939, including high unemployment, public spending cuts, and events like the Jarrow Crusade. 2) Britain during World War 2 from 1939-1945, including major military events like Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, D-Day, and Germany's defeat. 3) The British home front during the war, covering issues like the Blitz, evacuation, rationing, and the roles of women and the Home Guard. 4) Labour coming to power after the war from 1945-1951, including establishing the welfare state through acts like the National Insurance Act

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    The document outlines four key topics about Britain during World War 2 and its aftermath: 1) The impact of the Great Depression from 1931-1939, including high unemployment, public spending cuts, and events like the Jarrow Crusade. 2) Britain during World War 2 from 1939-1945, including major military events like Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, D-Day, and Germany's defeat. 3) The British home front during the war, covering issues like the Blitz, evacuation, rationing, and the roles of women and the Home Guard. 4) Labour coming to power after the war from 1945-1951, including establishing the welfare state through acts like the National Insurance Act

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    Unit 3: War and the Transformation of British Society

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    Key Topic 1: The impact of the Depression 193139
    The nature and extent of unemployment:
    Industries that were affected
    Areas that were affected
    Public spending cuts 1924-1936
    The introduction of the Dole
    The Means Test
    The Special Areas Act of 1934
    The Unemployment Insurance Act (1936)
    The experience of the unemployed including the impact
    on living standards
    Attempts to influence public opinion, such as the Means
    Test
    The causes of the Jarrow Crusade:
    Impact of the Depression on Jarrow
    What happened to the shipbuilding industry in Jarrow
    The event of the Jarrow Crusade:
    Who were the leaders
    What was the route
    What did they do along the way
    The effects of the Jarrow Crusade:
    Political effects and the government response
    Effects on public opinion
    Opposition to the Jarrow Crusade, especially from the
    Labour Party and NUWM
    Key Topic 2: Britain at war 193945
    The details of the German invasion of the Low Countries
    and France
    The retreat of the BEF towards Dunkirk
    The importance of Dunkirk and the reasons for British
    survival, including the leadership of Churchill
    The reasons for the Battle of Britain
    The events of the Battle of Britain
    Reasons for British victory
    The preparation and organisation for the invasion
    The events of D-Day and reasons for Allied success during
    D-Day
    The Allied drive to victory, 194445
    Key events of the Battle of Arnhem
    Key events of the Battle of the Bulge
    Reasons for Germanys defeat in World War Two
    Key Topic 3: The home front 193945

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    The reasons why the Germans launched the Blitz


    The evacuation
    The effects of the Blitz on British towns and cities 194041
    the effects of the second Blitz by the V1 and V2 bombs
    194445
    The blackout
    Air-raid shelters and the work of the Home Guard
    Censorship
    Propaganda
    The impact of the war on food supplies in Britain
    British government measures to deal with the problems of
    food supply
    The contribution made by women on the home front,
    especially in employment, including heavy industry,
    transport and the armed forces
    The effects on the role and status of women of their
    contributions during the war
    Key Topic 4: Labour in power 194551
    The reasons for the Labour election victory of 1945,
    including party politics
    The election campaign and the legacy of wartime attitudes
    The recommendations of the Beveridge Report, including
    the Five Giants
    The importance of the Beveridge Report
    Want including the introduction of family allowances
    The 1946 National Insurance Act, the 1948 National
    Assistance Act and their effects on peoples lives.
    The National Health Act of 1946
    Opposition from the medical profession to the NHS
    the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948
    and its impact in the years 194851.

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