By Martin Brayley, Malcolm McGregor
Если государству угрожает уничтожение, то о демократии и свободе личности нужно забыть. Население Британии было мобилизовано для поддержки военных усилий в масштабах, невиданных для любой другой Западной демократии. Долгие рабочие смены, нехватка продовольствия и других товаров, и полного государственного контроля над повседневной жизнью. Большинство мужчин и женщин были мобилизованы или добровольно выполняли дополнительные работы за пределами их официальных обязанностей.
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The response was ovenvhelming: within 24 hours m·er a quarter of a million men had volunteered. The title ' LO\" was short-lived; in July the now Prime Minister Churchill prompted the change to 'Home Guard'. ,;th whatever weapons could be found or borrowed; initially there was little administrath·e organization and no funds or materiel. 30-06 calibre, arriYed from the l'SA in July 1940; often derided as antiques, they were in fact of newer patterns than the then standard SMLE in Regular senice.
In the majority of employments WLA members produced up to 93 per cent of the output of men, and in some fields they exceeded it. The work was hard, and leaYe was limited to one week per year. A was considered a mobile force and might be posted to any part of the count~·. although some girls were enrolled for local ,,·ork only. \griculture, but the conditions of senice were as Yaried as the locations to which they were sent. 3p) for a 48-hour week, although workers under 18 recei\·ed considerablv less.
C2: 'Lumber Jill', Women's Timber Corps; East Anglia, 1945 The uniform was that of the WLA, the WTC's parent organization. It differed only in the substitution of a green beret and distinctive WTC cap badge (a green beret was also issued later to the WLA). While the WLA undertook all types of work associated with farming, the WTC were only employed on forestry work. 2'; South-East England, 1944 Stirrup pumps were allocated one per 30 houses or 150 yards of street. 3' two water buckets, one used as a reservoir for the pump and the second for transporting water.