The Homefront in WW2
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The Homefront in WW2

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 11, 202626 min
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What was life like in the U.S. from 1941-1945? Rationing, shortages, blackouts, and factories overnight went from making cars and consumer goods to make tanks, planes and warships. OK Let’s Learn about what life was like at home during WW2. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Subs...

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, people, history, science, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keeffe, so today, OK, let's learn all about the home front during World War II. Yes, we've learned so much of what happened

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on the other side of the planet. But what happened here at home? How were people's lives affected? What changed?

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It's a really interesting story, and so many of us, I would argue, have forgotten. Time has just thrown history away in too many respects, and what I wanted to do in this episode

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