Wartime Germany AQA History GCSE

1939- 1941- Winning

• rationing from sept 1939 when the war broke out - vegetarians and pregnant women got more rations and the ill 
• the diet of 2/5 germans improved
• Clothes ration in Nov 1939
• bread was sold a day after it had been made making it chewy so people ate less food 
• Hot water twice a week

1941- 1943- started to go badly

• people started trading tobacco as it was so hard to find 
• propaganda was increased as the tides turned for germany
• told to work hard and save fuel
• Invaded the USSR ( modern day russian area)in 1941 which resulted in a high loss of life

1939- 1941- Winning

• rationing from sept 1939 when the war broke out - vegetarians and pregnant women got more rations and the ill 
• the diet of 2/5 germans improved
• Clothes ration in Nov 1939
• bread was sold a day after it had been made making it chewy so people ate less food 
• Hot water twice a week

1941- 1943- started to go badly

• people started trading tobacco as it was so hard to find 
• propaganda was increased as the tides turned for germany
• told to work hard and save fuel
• Invaded the USSR ( modern day russian area)in 1941 which resulted in a high loss of life

1943-1944- they fought back 

• got everyone working together for the war effort- which resulted in lots of 'non essential' businesses being closed
• people exchanged things form sofas to clothes at centres
• the film kolberg was produced by the nazis
• Air raids started to get more frequent and this devistated germany and resulted in a high loss of life
• labour shortages becuase of the men being at war - in 1937 they tried to get women back to work

1944- 1945- the final fight

• the allies start winning and pushing the Germans back towards Germany
• evn more air raids 
•  May 1945Hitler and other leading Nazis commit suicide as well as Hitlers Girlfriend and his dog ( the dog was shot )

1943-1944- they fought back 

• got everyone working together for the war effort- which resulted in lots of 'non essential' businesses being closed
• people exchanged things form sofas to clothes at centres
• the film kolberg was produced by the nazis
• Air raids started to get more frequent and this devistated germany and resulted in a high loss of life
• labour shortages becuase of the men being at war - in 1937 they tried to get women back to work

1944- 1945- the final fight

• the allies start winning and pushing the Germans back towards Germany
• evn more air raids 
•  May 1945Hitler and other leading Nazis commit suicide as well as Hitlers Girlfriend and his dog ( the dog was shot )