[palmer]

I'm currently working on the British Depth Study of WWI home front. I need to find out about the Ministry of Labour. Could somone please tell me about it? And for general interest, does anyone know who succeeded Lloyg George as Minister of Munitions? Cheers DORA

[palmer]

I meant Lloyd George!

[Mr Field]

You can find a basic overview here - http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/imp...government.html

I'd then suggest exploring http://www.spartacus...o.uk/FWWudc.htm
http://www.spartacus...uk/PRgeorge.htm

I would then also explore the resources at:
http://www.activehis...depth_study.htm

For complete coverage of the period, don't miss:
http://learningcurve...-18/default.htm
Such as http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/britain190...5/cs1/g5cs1.htm

Please do remember that we cannot answer specific coursework questions.

[palmer]

Thankyou very much Mr. Field, don't worry, this isn't coursework, we're doing a mini project: a newspaper from 1916 and i've got to write about Lloyd George's appointment and the work of ML. Could I quickly ask why my username has been changed? I don't really mind but I quite liked being called DORA! Thanks again!

[gayboy]

Would be nice if anyone could show me a website that has good information concentrated mainly on britains position in WWI. Just anything connected to britain during WWI.

I've been searching everywhere but can't find.

[MrJohnDClare]

A huge topic - which exam are you doing?

For general information:
There is an easy Bitesize section here on the Home Front: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/...frontrev1.shtml

The BBC has a big web-section: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/brita...in_ww1_01.shtml, and a section for students - http://www.bbc.co.uk...ls/worldwarone/

This the the Spartacus section on the Home Front: http://www.spartacus....uk/FWWhome.htm

When I am doing any study, I always start with the HistoryLearning Site - http://www.historyle...rld_war_one.htm


PS - are you sure you meant World War One - yout topic title originally said World War Two.
If you meant World War Two, this website will be useful: http://www.johndclare.net/wwii1.htm

[gasepy]

I have been told that this looks like a favourite for paper 2 this Thursday....and unfortuanetly for me, this is the worst out of (Lib Reforms, Votes for Women and Home Front)

Could anyone please write out/ send me a link to a timeline of all of the key dates in world war one on the HOME FRONT ONLY.
For example, introduction of conscription, rationing, munitions crisis.

Thanks a billion in advanced!

By the way- I would just like to thank Mr Clare, for your wonderful history site. I had my history exam last week and found it really really easy due to revision from your site! Thanks for that.

[MrJohnDClare]

The's some stuff on the WWI Home Front here - not very detailed.

Brief interactive timeline here - again, perhaps not detaled enough.

Good summary overview from HistoryLearning.

More from the BBC here on the Home Front, and a specific study of Women in the Home Front.

A number of articles here at Spartacus on different issues.

Some key dates here:

Quote

1914 - the government passed the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA).
1914 - the government set up the War Propaganda Bureau.
1914 - the German Navy shelled Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool.
1915 - Zeppelins attacked Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn and London
1915 - the ‘shell scandal’; Lloyd George was put in charge of munitions.
1916 - 2.5 million men had volunteered.
1915 - Rent Control Act
1916 - Military Service Act which introduced conscription.
1916 - the government formed the Royal Defence Corps (RDC) and merged it with the Volunteer Forces (VF) to form a kind of WWI ‘home guard’. The VF had 315,000 men in 1917, but they had to provide their own weapons and uniform.
1916 - Lloyd George replaced Herbert Asquith as Prime Minister.
1917 - women were able to enlist in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), to release men from administrative jobs to join the fighting, followed by Women's Royal Naval Service (1916) and the Women's Royal Air Force (April 1918).
1917 - Lord Beaverbrook (owner of the Daily Express) became Minister of Information
1917 - German Gotha bombers attacked Folkestone and London.
1917 - the German navy began ‘unrestricted submarine warfare’
1917 - food riots
1917 - the government set up the Women’s Land Army (16,000 women who went to work as farm labourers)
1918 - the Ministry of Food introduced rationing of sugar, meat and margarine.

[mrallsop]

In addition to the excellent links from Mr Clare, you might like to check out my podcast on Britain During WW1 that I created for OCR Modern World History Paper 2 at www.mrallsophistory.com