Home Front: The Forgotten War?
The German raid on Scarborough had consequences for the civil population. In this presentation, Prof Peter Doyle looks at how this mis-judged raid radically changed Britain's home front - from recruitment to rationing.
Peter shows us how there were few areas of the home front that were not affected by the consequences of the raid.
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