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S01E19 - "Occupied Paris"
Yayinlandi: Oct 4, 2023, 12:00 PM
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Dizi Sona Erdi
Bölümler (1 Sezon · 19 Bölüm)
Food Is a Weapon, Don't Waste It
In this first episode of On the Homefront, Anna tells you about division of labour, food production and rationing in the early years of the war.
Mar 17, 2020
13 dk
Women's Land Army
Now that the labour-needs and the availability of manpower has changed due to the outbreak of World War Two, Women are required to join the workforce. They're put to work in the Women's Land Army.
Apr 14, 2020
10 dk
Evacuations of Children
The European powers may be at war but there's now thing they can agree on: their young must be protected. So, before the first RAF or Luftwaffe bombs were even dropped on cities, countries are drawing up plans to save as many lives of their youth as they possibly can.
May 14, 2020
14 dk
Women of the USSR
The future looks bright for soviet women in the 1910s, they have the right to vote and they're on track for social emancipation. Yet this doesn't last long. Soon, the demands of the nation will rob them of these promises.
Jun 19, 2020
13 dk
WW2 Healthcare 1
When WWII breaks out many parts of the world are still missing population wide healthcare. The pressure of the war deteriorates healthcare services even further. By 1941, both the British Commonwealth and Germany are facing an outright healthcare crisis on the home front.
Jul 2, 2020
14 dk
Arabism & Zionism
While battles rage across the world, women at home are fighting for their basic emancipation. In Egypt, Huda Shaarawi stands at the centre of this struggle.
Aug 13, 2020
14 dk
The Geishas
The geisha class has long been a feature of Japanese society. In the 1920s, they were caught between the struggle for women's liberation and the rising sexual demand of powerful men. This crossfire only becomes more intense as war sweeps the Pacific.
Mar 2, 2021
11 dk
Hitlerjugend, Pioneers
Patriotism and war enthusiasm sweeps through the totalitarian countries in the run-up to the second world war. This doesn´t leave out children either, who are supposed to become the prime soldiers of the future.
Apr 6, 2021
14 dk
War Bonds
What would happen if Nazi Germany invaded Canada? You don't need to imagine. In 1942, the government of Mackenzie King launch a propaganda effort that simulates Canada falling under Hitler's yoke. Why? For the war economy of course!
May 6, 2021
18 dk
Black Markets
With the scarce food supply brought about by war, many turn to the black market and its astronomic prices as supplements. It is a place for opportunists and patriotic protesters, but mainly it's a means to survive.
Aug 6, 2021
15 dk
Allied War Music
With the ascent of the radio, popular music became an important cultural phenomenon for the masses throughout the world. Therefore, it is the perfect mouthpiece for Allied war propaganda during the Second World War.
Oct 19, 2021
17 dk
Love During War
With men away at the front, couples have to separate and manage the struggle of war on their own. For women, who stay at home, this is not any easier than for the man: Worry, longing, loneliness, meaningless sex, the temptation of falling in love with others – it is an emotional rollercoaster.
Nov 9, 2021
11 dk
Welfare State
In predicament due to the extreme situation of war, people are in dire need for a working system of social security. Therefore, Beveridge is instructed by the British government to draw up a report on the state of the country´s insurance schemes. But in his opinion, a war is no time for patching up a collapsing system – and he is ready to make some waves.
Dec 9, 2021
13 dk
Lebensborn
With high losses of German soldiers and low birth rates, the Nazis worry about who will inherit the Nazi paradise they are fighting to build. One of their ideas to breed a new Aryan generation is the Lebensborn association.
Jan 25, 2022
14 dk
Living in Shelters
Right from the start of World War Two, there has been little distinction between combatant and civilian. While bombs keep falling, people in Great Britain and in Germany are sitting in bunkers, basements and underground tunnels. We are taking a look at live inside those shelters.
Mar 10, 2022
14 dk
We Can Do It?
With American men going off to fight the war, there are concerns about a labor shortage. Enter Rosie the Riveter. The women who answered the "We Can Do It" call and entered the factories. But did she really exist?
Jul 19, 2022
14 dk
Fighting for Sex
How do you motivate men to leave home and go fight in a foreign land? Send them packing with Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, and Irene Manning, of course! It helps if you include an Esquire magazine and girlie cartoons from the infamous Alberto Vargas.
Jul 17, 2022
14 dk
Berlin '44
The Nazis love to spread the myth that they have transformed the German capital from a city of sin, unemployment, and Marxist street violence to the centre of a glorious new Reich. But the reality is that right now, Berliners are trapped between the Allied bombing and the Nazi regime's tightening grip. And yet, the men and women of Berlin continue to support this war. For them, it's a war of survival.
Aug 22, 2023
18 dk
Occupied Paris
Occupied Paris, a paradoxical city of banality and brutality, of resistance and collaboration. Join Anna as she takes you on a tour of the city from occupation, the establishment of the Pétain regime and collaboration, the growth of resistance, and finally liberation. But the story doesn't end there and into the 21st century, the city of lights is haunted by its occupation.
Oct 4, 2023
18 dk
