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Military personnel felt the most connected to home through reading about it in letters. Civilians were encouraged to write their service men and women about even the most basic activities. Daily routines, family news, and local gossip kept the armed forces linked to their communities.
Even today, preserved WWII letters serve as poignant historical documents, offering intimate insights into the personal experiences and emotional landscapes of those who lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in history.
The letters home to mothers, girlfriends, newlywed wives, and children; the diaries of servicemen and servicewomen; and personal photographs from travels around the world are all examples of the way the Museum’s archives directly describe the experiences of each man, woman, or child at that time.
This is an introductory guide to records of deaths of British and Commonwealth servicemen and women in the First and Second World Wars. It will also be useful in researching civilian...
2 wrz 2020 · This book is divided into eight chapters which cover three main themes; emotional responses to death and the control of emotion; the management of death and the disposal of corpses in wartime; and the commemoration and memorialisation of the dead in post-war Britain.
4 maj 2020 · Women took over jobs on the shore, primarily clerical and domestic duties, in order to free more men for service with a fleet. The Bystander published a series of images of the Wrens, which displayed the various roles for women.
The Second World War changed the United States for women, and women in turn transformed their nation. Over three hundred fifty thousand women volunteered for military service, while twenty times as many stepped into civilian jobs, including positions previously closed to them.
